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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Cerner Innovation, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US);
Robert E. Whited, Kansas City, MO (US);
John David L. Nolen, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Sameer Bhatia, Omaha, NE (US);
Cerner Innovation, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for cutting a tissue sample into a plurality of sections for automated tissue sample processing. The apparatus comprises a cutting mechanism and a holding mechanism. The cutting mechanism comprises a blade having a first reference line that extends from an attachment point of the blade to a rotation mechanism to an outermost point of the blade, and the rotation mechanism having a second reference line that extends from an axis point of the rotation mechanism to the attachment point, wherein the blade rotates around the axis point. The holding mechanism causes the tissue sample to remain stationary while the blade makes, at least, a first rotation around the axis point, resulting in a first tissue section cut from the tissue sample.