Patent ID: 6908766
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for capturing biological tissues, comprising: placing a biological tissue sample on a biological tissue slide; after said placing is performed, inverting said biological tissue slide and fixing said biological tissue slide on a working platform, so that the biological tissue sample is disposed between the biological tissue slide and the working platform; positioning the biological tissue slide, with the tissue sample disposed thereunder, above a flat planar tissue sample protecting means, said tissue sample protecting means having a tissue sample hole therein; defining a tissue profile from the tissue sample; cutting along the tissue profile to form a cell sample from the tissue sample, using a contactless cutting apparatus which is an air knife; after cutting along the tissue profile, driving said working platform such that a center of the cell sample is disposed under an impact lever moving mechanism; and applying a force to said biological tissue slide with the impact lever moving mechanism, thereby causing said cell sample to drop down through the tissue sample hole and into a sampling mortar.