Patent ID: 8728799

Claim:
An apparatus for isolating histological sections produced with a microtome, said microtome comprising a blade holder, wherein the histological sections are producible so that a currently produced histological section is directly connected to a previously produced histological section at a connecting point between the currently produced histological section and the previously produced histological section to form a section strip where the currently produced histological section and the previously produced histological section are in direct contact with each other, said apparatus comprising: a nozzle device comprising a suction conduit that at least partly surrounds the region at which the histological section produced with the blade is positioned on the blade holder for subjecting the histological sections positioned on the blade holder to an air stream and sucking away the air stream from the blade holder; wherein the air stream is adjustable for adjusting at least one of a direction and intensity of the air stream for separating the previously produced histological section from the currently produced histological section and removing it from the blade holder when the currently produced histological section is positioned on that blade holder by at least one of a variably adjustable constricted region of the suction conduit; and one of the group consisting of a blower, a fan, a compressor and a pump variably adjusting the air stream intensity in the suction conduit that is generated by at least one of said group; and the apparatus further comprises: an application apparatus with a rotatable mounted component adapted to receive a specimen slide and pivot the specimen slide toward the blade holder for applying the histological section onto the specimen slide.