Patent ID: 8231829

Claim:
A device for manipulating at least one specimen slide, the device comprising: a first sensor unit operable to sense a first rotation of a first component of the device about at least one first axis of a three-dimensional coordinate system; a second sensor unit operable to sense a second rotation of a second component of the device about the at least one first axis of the coordinate system, the coordinate system being independent of a position of the first component and of a position of the second component; and a positioning unit operable to position the second component relative to the first component, wherein the first component includes a base module of the device, the base module configured to receive at least one of a specimen slide and a cassette including a plurality of specimen slides, such that the received specimen slide or plurality of specimen slides is held in a defined position relative to the base module; wherein the second component includes an actuation element movable relative to the base module by a drive unit, wherein the first and second sensor units each include at least one microelectromechanical system, and wherein at least one of the microelectromechanical systems include at least one of a gyroscope and an acceleration sensor.