公开(公告)号：US06601488B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-05

申请号：US09564970

申请日：2000-05-04

申请人： Richard R. Muse ,  Lisa J. Vaillancourt ,  William J. Young

发明人： Richard R. Muse ,  Lisa J. Vaillancourt ,  William J. Young

IPC分类号： B26D700

CPC分类号： A61B17/3213 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61B2017/320052 ,  G01N1/286 ,  G01N2001/2873 ,  G02B21/32 ,  Y10T83/04 ,  Y10T83/293

摘要： A low-profile cutter assembly for use on a microscope and related cutting method are provided. The cutter assembly includes a support subassembly having a mounting ring for receiving and engaging the objective of a microscope. A cutter subassembly carried by the support subassembly is displaceable between a home and a forward position in response to actuation. Upon reaching the forward position, additional actuation causes the front end of the cutter subassembly to pivot toward the stage, thereby placing a cutter adjacent to or in contact with the specimen. By selectively actuating the cutter subassembly, multiple cuts may be performed, as necessary or desired for cutting a spore or isolating a particular specimen.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于显微镜和相关切割方法的低剖面切割器组件。 切割器组件包括具有用于接收和接合显微镜物镜的安装环的支撑子组件。 由支撑子组件承载的切割器子组件响应于致动而在归位和向前位置之间移动。 在到达前进位置时，额外的致动使得切割器子组件的前端朝向台架枢转，由此将切割器放置在与样本相邻或接触的位置。 通过选择性地致动切割器子组件，可以根据需要或期望进行多次切割以切割孢子或分离特定样品。