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摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a thin slice of high quality without being affected by the tilt or undulation of an edge by ensuring the enhanced cutting quality for a long time while achieving the simplification and cost reduction of constitution.;SOLUTION: An apparatus 1 prepares the thin slice by thinly cutting an embedding block B in which a biosample A is embedded. The apparatus includes a cutter 3 for thinly cutting the embedding block, a moving mechanism 4 for relatively moving the embedding block and the cutter in the approaching and separating direction X for allowing both of them to approach and separate mutually, a height adjusting mechanism for relatively moving both of them in a vertical direction, a slide mechanism 30 for relatively moving both of them in a slide direction Y almost crossing the approaching and separating direction at a right angle and a control part 4 for performing control so as to begin both of them to move from a preset initial position to bring the embedding block into contact with the same point of the edge 3b of the cutter and subsequently sliding the cutter in the same direction in the state that the ratio of the speed in the approaching and separating direction and the speed in the slide direction is kept the same.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT