Patent ID: 6690470
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G01N,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for automating a laser capture microdissection, the method comprising:providing a fluorescently-labeled tissue sample on a microscope slide, wherein the fluorescent label on the tissue corresponds to a biological property of interest; providing a source of fluorescent excitation, the excitation beam emitted by the source having an intensity and wavelength to excite a fluorescent label associated with the fluorescently-labeled tissue sample; exciting the fluorescently-labeled tissue sample with the excitation beam and recording at least one information corresponding to an excitation pattern of the fluorescently-labeled tissue selecting from the recorded information, at least one section of the fluorescently-labeled tissue sample for capture by laser capture microdissection; and targeting a laser for selectively capturing the at least one section of the fluorescently-labeled tissue sample by laser capture microdissection.