Patent ID: 9423325
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A block storage device that stores an embedding block which includes an embedded biological sample and is held in a cassette to which ID data is attached in advance, the device comprising: a magazine configured to accommodate a plurality of the embedding blocks to be inserted into or removed from the magazine and to accommodate the embedding blocks in a state where the embedding blocks are arranged along a vertical direction in one row; a magazine holding portion configured to detachably hold each of a plurality of the magazines; and a reading portion configured to be disposed to be adjacent to the magazine holding portion and to read the ID data, wherein the magazine holding portion includes a rotary body configured to be rotatable around a rotation axis extended in a vertical direction, a holding mechanism configured to be multiply provided at intervals along a circumferential direction on a circumferential wall portion in the rotary body and to detachably hold the plurality of the magazines, and a rotation drive portion configured to move the plurality of the magazines held by the holding mechanism in the circumferential direction by rotating the rotary body and to position one of the magazines at a block extraction position facing the reading portion, wherein the magazine positioned at the block extraction position and the reading portion are movable relative to each other along the vertical direction.