Patent ID: 7807108

Claim:
An apparatus for receiving biological specimens, the apparatus being introducible into a laser microdissection device for laser microdissection of a biological specimen, the apparatus comprising: a first element including a first opening extending from a first side to a second side of the first element; a second element including a second opening extending from a third side to a fourth side of the second element, the second opening being closed at the third side, the second element being disposed relative to the first element so that the first opening is aligned with the second opening; a laser-light-absorbing layer disposed between the first and second elements so as to seal, to liquids and gases, the first opening at the second side of the first element, the laser-light-absorbing layer being configured to support the biological specimen thereon and being capable of being cut through by laser light in a laser microdissection operation so that a portion of the biological specimen is receivable in the second opening so as to remain inside the apparatus; and at least one further element attached to the second element at the third side, wherein the third side faces away from the element, and wherein the further element has a substantially same design as a design of the second element.