Patent ID: 8573073
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: C12M,G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. A device for transferring a microscopic, isolated membrane-supported micro-dissected specimen sample, from an object table to an analysis arrangement, with: a suction apparatus which has a nano-suction apparatus with a suction tube and a terminal membrane and a vacuum/overpressure unit which can be coupled to the nano-suction apparatus for sucking or blowing the sample onto or from the terminal membrane respectively; and a carrier apparatus for carrying the nano-suction apparatus, which can be moved by an associated positioning unit for positioning the nano-suction apparatus exactly in a sample removal position for sucking the sample onto the terminal membrane and in a sample release position for blowing the sample from the terminal membrane, wherein the terminal membrane has a disc-shaped support plate with a hole in the centre and a terminal mesh, one side of the support plate being secured to the side of the terminal membrane connected to the suction tube in such a way that the hole in the support plate is flush with an opening in the suction tube, and the terminal mesh being secured on the other free side of the support plate in such a way that the terminal mesh overlaps the opening in the suction tube and the hole in the support plate.