US 11,953,410 B2
Specimen support tool, support apparatus and specimen preparation method
Yuji Konyuba, Tokyo (JP); Tomohiro Haruta, Tokyo (JP); Tomohisa Fukuda, Tokyo (JP); Yuta Ikeda, Tokyo (JP); and Yusuke Toriumi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JEOL Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JEOL Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,914.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-123627 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018742 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/06 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/2813 (2013.01) [G01N 1/06 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A specimen support tool for supporting a slice prepared by using a microtome, the specimen support tool comprising a specimen support member on which a groove for guiding the slice is formed, wherein the groove has an open end for passage of the slice, and wherein
a first through hole is formed in the specimen support member,
the groove extends from an edge of the specimen support member to the first through hole,
a recessed portion is formed on a surface that defines a bottom of the groove of the specimen support member, and
a chip having a support film for supporting the slice is installable in the recessed portion.