Patent ID: 7595025

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring a sample of tissue from a donor block containing tissue to be investigated to a receiver block of paraffin, the apparatus comprising: a first hollow needle for creating a cavity in a receiver block; a second hollow needle for removing a sample of tissue from a donor block and introducing the sample into the cavity in the receiver block; and a pantograph including a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm joined to one another, wherein a position of the second scissor arm determines a position of the first scissor arm; a needle holder joined to the first scissor arm for movement therewith, the needle holder carrying the first hollow needle and the second hollow needle; a receptacle carried by the first scissor arm for movement therewith, the receptacle- and needle holder being movable relative to one another to align a selected one of the first and second hollow needles with the receptacle; a punching lever operable through the receptacle to actuate the selected one of the first and second hollow needles; and a turntable supporting the donor block and the receiver block for movement in a fixed plane relative to the pantograph.