Patent ID: 7146895

Claim:
A microtome, comprising: a base; a bath disposed on the base, the bath being adapted for holding a buffer medium, the bath having a bottom wall and at least one peripheral wall extending around the bottom wall, the bath having a syringe aperture defined therein; a specimen syringe having a hollow shaft extending through the syringe aperture of the bath, wherein the shaft of the syringe has a first end and a second end, the first end extending into the bath, the first end having a constricted diameter forming a lip for compressing the specimen exiting the first end of the syringe; a plunger having a first end and a second end, the first end of the plunger forming a holding surface adapted for having a specimen secured thereto, the plunger being slidably disposed in the specimen syringe; and a cutting mechanism attached to the base adjacent the first end of the specimen syringe; whereby the specimen is pushed through the syringe shaft into the bath and the cutting mechanism slices the specimen within the bath.