Patent ID: 8835130
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A tissue array production method, wherein roll-shaped tissue pieces formed by rolling sheet-like tissue pieces in the shape of a roll are arranged on a substrate in an array form, the method comprising: placing a holding member which holds a plurality of roll-shaped tissue pieces so that their axis directions are vertically directed in a container into which a melted embedding medium is poured for its accumulation, to hold the respective plurality of roll-shaped tissue pieces in the holding member; pouring the embedding medium into the container to form a substrate block constituted so that the plurality of roll-shaped tissue pieces is arranged in the array form; and slicing the substrate block so that the plurality of roll-shaped tissue pieces are ring-shaped, wherein the holding member comprises an elastic member including a plurality of insertion holes each having at least the same diameter as the minimum diameter of ones of the roll-shaped tissue pieces to respectively hold the outer periphery of ones of the plurality of roll-shaped tissue pieces.