Patent ID: 8640585
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing multiple images of a specimen, the apparatus comprising: a sliding microtome including a specimen holder movable in a plane for carrying a specimen, a knife holder arranged above the plane, and a knife held by the knife holder, the knife having a cutting edge for removing layers of the specimen and for producing a respective new cut surface on the specimen, the cutting edge facing a front end of the sliding microtome corresponding to a starting position of the specimen holder; a knife holder support for mounting the knife holder on the apparatus, wherein the knife holder support for the knife holder is displaceable along a direction perpendicular to the plane in which the specimen holder is movable; a microscope mounted on the sliding microtome, the microscope defining an object field and a focal plane, wherein the focal plane of the microscope is coplanar with each new cut surface on the specimen; a microscope holder for mounting the microscope on the apparatus above the plane in which the specimen holder is movable; and a camera attached to the microscope for respectively acquiring an image of each new cut surface of the specimen when the specimen is moved by the specimen holder into the object field of the microscope to a photo position located at a rear end of the sliding microtome opposite from the front end of the sliding microtome.