Abstract: It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of a tissue piece treating apparatus in which drying in an inside of a treating tank is promoted, compared with conventional tissue piece treating apparatuses, and the gas in the inside of the treating tank is discharged so that a risk of inflammation can be prevented.

Abstract: The present invention addresses an object to provide an embedding apparatus capable of removing an embedding material such as paraffin and solids such as debris of a tissue fragment adhered to a tweezers holder hole easily.

Abstract: A tissue piece treating apparatus including a treating tank; a plurality of storage containers in each of which a paraffin bottle for storing a paraffin is housed; a constant temperature rack that houses the storage containers, and heats the paraffin to hold the paraffin in a molten state; and a paraffin pipeline that branches from the treating tank, in which in the storage containers, a treatment container in which the paraffin to be transported to the treating tank is housed and a standby container in which the paraffin not to be transported to treating tank is housed, are disposed, and the paraffin pipeline is connected to the paraffin bottle to be housed in the treatment container.

Abstract: A tissue piece treating apparatus including a storage container in which a tissue piece is operable to be housed, and a treating tank in which the storage container is housed, the storage container includes a plurality of through holes, the treating tank is disposed to a main body part by being inclined relative to a horizontal direction, and the storage container is housed by being inclined at the same angle as the treating tank.

Abstract: A thin-section preparation method and device includes, in a one-blade set state where an entire first cutting blade is held by a holder, performing a first rough cutting step of rough cutting an embedded block using a first end region of the first cutting blade, and a first main cutting step of main cutting the embedded block using a second end region of the first cutting blade; and further includes, in a two-blade set state where the second end region of the first cutting blade and a first end region of a second cutting blade are held by the holder, performing a second rough cutting step of rough cutting the embedded block using the second end region of the first cutting blade, and a second main cutting step of main cutting the embedded block using the first end region of the second cutting blade.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an embedding apparatus capable of selectively changing a thickness above a hand-rest part of a mechanism for placing a hand. As solving means, the embedding apparatus (10) according to the present invention configured to dispense and embed an embedding material into an embedding tray includes a cold spot (16) configured to cool the embedding tray, a hand-rest part (18) provided on each of left and right sides with the cold spot (16) interposed therebetween, and a wrist-rest part (24) detachably attached onto the hand-rest part (18).

Abstract: It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

Abstract: The present invention addresses an object to provide an embedding apparatus capable of removing an embedding material such as paraffin and solids such as debris of a tissue fragment adhered to a tweezers holder hole easily.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an embedding apparatus capable of selectively changing a thickness above a hand-rest part of a mechanism for placing a hand. As solving means, the embedding apparatus (10) according to the present invention configured to dispense and embed an embedding material into an embedding tray includes a cold spot (16) configured to cool the embedding tray, a hand-rest part (18) provided on each of left and right sides with the cold spot (16) interposed therebetween, and a wrist-rest part (24) detachably attached onto the hand-rest part (18).

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wrist rest or a wrist-rest cushion which is detachably attached onto a hand-rest part on an embedding apparatus and which can be easily and selectively adjustable in thickness on the hand-rest part. As a solution, the apparatus according to the present invention is a wrist rest (24) detachably attached to an embedding apparatus (10) configured to dispense and embed an embedding material into an embedding tray, and includes an attachment mechanism (22) configured to attach at a position covering a hand rest part (18) of the embedding apparatus (10) entirely or partly.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a centrifugal smearing sample container holder having a structure which enables improvement of operability and easy assembly. A centrifugal smearing sample container holder (1) is provided with: a base part (2) including a bottom surface section (2a) that accommodates a sample container, a packing, and slide glass by being stacked, side surface sections (2b), (2c) formed on both sides of the bottom surface section (2a), locking sections (2e), (2f) respectively formed in the side surface sections (2b), (2c), a back surface section (2d) formed on a back side of the bottom surface section (2a), and a curl section (2g) formed in the back surface section (2d); and a holding part (3) including a handle section (3a) disposed on a front side of the bottom surface section (2a) along a short direction of the base part (2), arm sections (3e), (3f).

Abstract: An object is to provide an embedding apparatus capable of opening a lid of a cassette for embedding with one hand. As a solution, an embedding apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a placement mechanism (40) for placing a cassette (2) having a body (2B) and a lid (2A) provided so as to be opened and closed with respect to the body (2B) for accommodating a sample and a lid opening mechanism (30) for opening the lid (2A) of the cassette (2), in which the lid opening mechanism (30) includes a one end part (31) provided at a position lower in height than a lower surface (2a) of the lid (2A) and an inclined surface (32) extending from the one end part (31) to a position higher in height than the lower surface (2a) of the lid (2A) in a state where the cassette (2) with the lid (2A) closed is placed on a predetermined position of the placement mechanism (40).

Abstract: A replacement blade supplying mechanism (51) includes a detection portion (75) which detects whether or not there is a cutting blade (21) in a layer below an uppermost cutting blade (21d) through a through hole (21b) of the uppermost cutting blade (21d) when the uppermost cutting blade (21d) is extruded by a lever portion (54), and when the detection portion (75) detects that there is no cutting blade (21) in a layer below the uppermost cutting blade (21d), the detection portion stops the transport of the cutting blade (21) by a cutting blade transport mechanism (26).

Abstract: A centrifugal smearing device including a sealed rotating container that houses a chamber with a slide glass removably attached for holding a liquid sample to smear cells with a centrifugal force onto the slide glass, and a base housing the sealed rotating container and including rotational driving means for rotating the sealed rotating container, the sealed rotating container includes a main body capable of housing the chamber and a lid for closing an upper surface opening portion of the main body, a seal portion for sealing a space between the main body and the end face of the upper face opening portion is provided on an outer circumferential edge of the lid, and a scattering protection wall is formed at an inside of the seal portion so as to protrude downward to hide the seal portion from inside so that a liquid does not scatter onto the seal portion.

Abstract: An acquisition part (10, 11, 12) acquires a plurality of types of data of tissue used to form a pathological section specimen. A storage part (13) stores the data of the tissue. A parameter generation part (14) generates parameters, which are used when preparing the pathological section specimen, based on the data of the tissue acquired by the acquisition part (10, 11, 12). A pathological section specimen preparation part (15) prepares the pathological section specimen using the parameters generated by the parameter generation part (14).

Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a tissue piece treating method and a tissue piece treating apparatus by which treatment of a tissue piece by each of liquid chemicals can be favorably performed and a running cost can be reduced.

Abstract: A thin-slice manufacturing device is a thin-slice manufacturing device for cutting an embedding block in which a biological sample is embedded by paraffin using a cutting blade relatively moved with respect to the embedding block along a virtual plane to cut out thin slices, the thin-slice manufacturing device includes a vertical illumination part configured to radiate light to the embedding block, and an inclination estimation part configured to detect a boundary line between a cutting surface cut along the virtual plane and a non-cutting surface based on reflection of light generated by the light radiated to the embedding block by the vertical illumination part, and estimate inclination information showing information related to inclination of the embedding block based on the detected boundary line.

Abstract: A thin section preparation device includes: a cutting blade (21) which cuts out a thin section (M) from an embedding block (B); a storage tank (7) in which the thin section (M) is floated on a liquid (W) and is spread; a thin-section-conveying-mechanism (8) which conveys the thin section (M) in a direction intersecting in an X axis direction in a state where a first side of the thin section (M) is parallel with the X axis direction; a slide-glass-handling-mechanism (9) which places the thin section (M) floating in the storage tank (7) on a slide glass (G) in a state where a first side of the slide glass (G) is parallel with the X axis direction; and a rotary body (61) which is rotated in a state where the thin section (M) is placed on an outer surface and conveys the thin section (M) toward the slide-glass-handling-mechanism (9).