Patent ID: 7677289

Claim:
A method for the automatic production and collection of a plurality of thin sections of tissue from a plurality of biological tissue samples, comprising: (a) embedding said plurality of biological tissue samples in a circularly symmetric tissue block; (b) mounting said circularly symmetric tissue block on an axle; (c) lathing a thin continuous strip off of said circularly symmetric tissue block using a microtome-quality knife, said thin continuous strip including the plurality of thin sections of tissue; and (d) attaching said thin continuous strip to a support tape, wherein the circularly symmetric tissue block has an essentially annular shape, wherein (a) comprises embedding said plurality of biological tissue samples around a circumference of the circularly symmetric tissue block, wherein the axle passes through a hole in the essentially annular shape of the tissue block, and wherein (c) comprises rotating said plurality of biological tissue samples about an axis of the axle.