Patent ID: 6745067
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: A61B,G01N,G02B

Abstract:
A system for marking on a recording medium the location of tissue sections imaged by a microscope with respect to the surface of the tissue in which the microscope has optics through which the microscope images the tissue, said system comprising:means for stabilizing said tissue to said optics and localizing a portion of the surface of said tissue to said optics, wherein said stabilizing and localizing means is provided by a ring against the surface of the tissue, said ring having an aperture to localize the surface of the tissue to said optics; means for selecting one or more tissue sections imaged by said microscope to be marked; means for obtaining location information representing the location in the tissue of each said selected tissue section with respect to the surface of said tissue; and means for producing marks on a recording medium in accordance with said location information indicating the location with respect to said surface of the tissue of said selected tissue sections, wherein said recording medium is located upon the surface of said tissue when said location information is obtained and wherein said recording medium is located between the surface of the tissue and said aperture, said recording medium has indicia corresponding to different locations on said surface, and said means for obtaining location information further comprises means for determining said location information with respect to said indicia.