Patent ID: 7616302
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. A processing method for section samples, comprising: a step of providing plural thin section samples on one side of an adhesive carrier tape by adhering the edge portion of a sample block obtained by embedding a specimen in an embedding material, and for predetermined times, carrying out the process of cutting out the vicinity of the edge portion of the sample block being adhered to the carrier tape in such a manner that the thin section samples are left on the carrier tape; a step for deforming the carrier tape by tightly adhering portions of the carrier tape disposed at a predetermined distance from each other along the longitudinal direction, in such a manner that the carrier tape itself constitutes the side wall and the bottom part, and that one of the thin section samples may be interposed inside the adhered portions; a step for injecting into the container a processing solution for processing thin section samples, and removing the processing solution from the container after a predetermined duration of time; and a step of releasing the tightly adhered portions of the carrier tapes.