MICROTOME AND METHOD FOR ROUGHING AND SECTIONING SPECIMENS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

摘要

A microtome (1) for sectioning specimens of biological material is described, comprising a blade-holder device (2) on which a cutting blade (8) is supported, a cassette-holder device (3) for supporting a cassette (4) containing a block for the embedding (10) of a specimen of biological material and means (6, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24) for adjusting at least one cutting parameter (d, α, τ, v, Ω, r, w). The microtome comprises means (5) for acquiring an identification code (C) associated with said cassette (4) and means (11) for associating to said identification code (C) of the cassette (4) at least one value of at least one cutting parameter adapted for the sectioning of said specimen of biological material. At least one value of at least one cutting parameter adapted for the sectioning is associated with the identification code (C) in a roughing procedure of the specimen of biological material, or in a first sectioning procedure, and is used in a successive sectioning procedure of a plurality of sections of the specimen of biological material. A method for sectioning of specimens of biological material is also described.