US 12,292,365 B2
Sample holder for holding a sample carrier carrying a sample
Heinz Plank, Wetzlar (DE); Tim Laugks, Schenefeld (DE); Ulrike Laugks, Schenefeld (DE); and Roland Thuenauer, Jork (DE)
Assigned to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME GMBH, Vienna (AT)
Filed by LEICA Mikrosysteme GmbH, Vienna (AT)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,179.
Claims priority of application No. 21202905 (EP), filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120051 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/42 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample holder for holding a sample carrier carrying a sample, the sample holder comprising: a sample carrier fixing element comprising:
a first section configured, when in a first position, to fix the sample carrier to the sample holder, and, when in a second position, to release the sample carrier or to provide access to an area where the sample carrier is to be located, and
a second section different from the first section, the second section being operable such that upon operation of the second section the first section switches from the first position into the second position or from the second position into the first position.