Patent ID: 8765401

Claim:
A method for producing individual and separated histological sections that adhere to respective individual and separated pieces of a carrier material by means of a microtome from a block comprising a paraffin embedded tissue sample, comprising the following method steps in the sequential order a) to d) in an automated process: a) automatically cutting out immediately prior to cutting the histological section a piece of the carrier material by means of an application apparatus located substantially opposite to the block, further comprising a cutting device that cuts the uncut carrier material according to at least one of a size and a shape corresponding substantially to a cross-sectional area of the block; wherein the cutting device further comprises a housing in which a cutting tool for cutting out carrier material is movably arranged; b) automatically applying the piece of carrier material by means of the application apparatus onto the block so that the piece of the carrier material adheres to the block, wherein cutting out the piece of the carrier material and applying the cut out piece of the carrier material to the block is performed in one continuous motion performed by the application apparatus using a drive motor in the application apparatus; c) producing the histological section by cutting the block underneath the piece of carrier material adhering to the block; and d) transferring the produced histological section with the applied carrier material from a blade holder of the microtome to at least one of a specimen slide and a down line processing system.