Patent ID: 9335238
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: C12M,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A device for forming tissue pieces for a tissue array comprising: a mounting block comprising an upper face on which a previously sliced sheet-like tissue piece is operable to be placed, the previously sliced tissue piece made by slicing a tissue block of a tissue in an embedding medium; a means for enabling peeling off of the tissue piece from the mounting block, said peeling means being provided on the upper face of the mounting block; a first heating unit operable to heat the sheet-like tissue piece placed on the mounting block; a core rod-attaching part operable to attach a core rod for winding the sheet-like tissue piece, being provided above the upper face of the mounting block; a motor coupled to the core rod-attaching part and operable to rotate a core rod attached to the core rod-attaching part around the shaft core of the core rod; a means for horizontally moving the core rod-attaching part relative to the upper face of the mounting block; a control unit which controls the motor and the horizontal moving means so that the core rod is horizontally moved by the horizontal moving means while rotating by the motor, such that a sheet-like tissue piece placed on the upper face of the mounting block is wound around the core rod into a cylindrical form; a second heating unit operable to heat a roll-shaped tissue piece rolled around the core rod in order to adapt it; a cooling unit operable to cool a roll-shaped tissue piece heated by the second heating unit; and a cutting unit operable to cut a roll-shaped tissue piece and the core rod cooled by the cooling unit, to form a cylindrical body of a predetermined length.