WO1992004651A1 - Pince pour lame porte-objet de microscope - Google Patents

Pince pour lame porte-objet de microscope Download PDF

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WO1992004651A1
WO1992004651A1 PCT/GB1991/001551 GB9101551W WO9204651A1 WO 1992004651 A1 WO1992004651 A1 WO 1992004651A1 GB 9101551 W GB9101551 W GB 9101551W WO 9204651 A1 WO9204651 A1 WO 9204651A1
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abutment
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microscope
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Richard Dye
Anthony Steven John Farrow
Duncan Stoddart Fletcher
James Henry Tucker
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Medical Research Council
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B21/00—Microscopes
    • G02B21/34—Microscope slides, e.g. mounting specimens on microscope slides

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  • the slide clip holds the microscope slide on the microscope stage to permit the slide to be positioned accurately for movement by the stage gearing, under manual or machine control.
  • the slide clip holds the microscope slide on the microscope stage to permit the slide to be positioned accurately for movement by the stage gearing, under manual or machine control.
  • medical screening techniques require that parts of a slide selected during a preliminary checking stage can be accurately Identified during a subsequent more intensive checking stage, possibly on a different Instrument.
  • Various slide clips and stage constructions have been proposed but these are either costly or Insufficiently accurate for users' needs. It has also been proposed to place marks on the slide to Identify the small part of Interest but this is not very practical and the marks can obscure the slide.
  • a microscope slide clip including a slide abutment for a microscope stage and a slide clamping arrangement to clamp a slide against the abutment, the clamping arrangement Including means effective to push and clamp the slide in two phases, each phase 1n a respective direction against the abutment.
  • said means to push and clamp the slide in two phases effects pushing in a respective direction against the abutment and clamping to a respective degree, one phase achieving clamping effect of a lesser respective degree before the other comes into clamping effect.
  • the slide abutment may be securable to or part of a microscope stage.
  • the abutment may be formed in the shape of an inside corner to receive the slide.
  • the abutment may be formed by several localised guide surfaces for slide edges.
  • the guide surfaces may be parts of one body or separate elements.
  • the clamping means may be two levers pivotally linked, one lever having a pivot on said abutment and the other having a pivot on the one lever.
  • Said one lever may have a clamping control member operable to move the levers away from the abutment.
  • the spring loading on the levers may be through the pivots.
  • the spring loading may be springs around the respective pivots.
  • the levers may have individual pivots not on the abutment or another lever.
  • a method of positioning a microscope slide on a microscope stage and after removal repositioning on the or another stage Including urging a slide against an abutment on a microscope stage for positioning in two intersecting directions, urging in one of said two directions and holding against said abutment still allowing movement in the other of said two directions and urging said slide in said other of said two directions while the slide is so-held by said urging in the first direction and then holding against said abutment in the second direction whereby an area of interest is repositioned on a specified optic axis.
  • the method urges said slide to avoid tilting 1n the abutment or excessive pressure on the slide.
  • the method may include releasing spring loaded operated means to exert said first and second urging in order and causing or permitting respective elements of said spring loaded operating means to exert a lesser urging in said first direction.
  • At least one of the and the another stages may be in an automatic slide scanning apparatus.
  • the method may Include positioning a slide on a first stage and repositioning the slide on a second stage.
  • a positioning and repositioning microscope slide clip including an L-shaped abutment to define slide position and a compound slide clamp of spring-urged levers one pivotted on another and the another on the abutment, the arrangement being such that the one lever, before the another, urges a slide for positioning against the longer limb of the L allowing movement along said longer limb and the another lever urges said slide along said longer limb direction for positioning against the shorter limb.
  • a microscope stage is generally indicated at 1 and a microscope slide positioned on the stage at 10. Area 12 on slide
  • region 13 a region of interest in the specimen.
  • a region 13 will be identified with the slide on the stage and the slide then removed and later replaced on the stage for further examination. It is important that a user can be sure that a slide is reposltioned on such replacement so that a region of interest is in the same place as before, usually on the optic axis of the instrument, as otherwise 1t can be impossible to find the region of Interest again.
  • the invention provides an abutment 3 of special form and a clamping arrangement 4 of compound levers 5 and 6 to produce accurate repositioning of a slide.
  • Abutment 3 is generally L-shaped to receive and position a slide in the corner of the L.
  • the abutment has projections 31, 32, 33 with respective slide positioning surfaces 34, 35, 36.
  • Two surfaces 34, 35 are on the long limb of the L, and one, 36, on the short limb. The surfaces are arranged to permit easy movement of the slide along them but also to give a well-defined position.
  • Suitable material for the abutment includes metal such as steel and hard, low-friction plastics.
  • the abutment 3 is attached to the stage 1 by a pivot pin 38 and locking screws indicated at 37. It may be that the abutment is to be removable in which case there must be a secure and firm attachment when 1n place.
  • the abutment is shown as being in me piece to provide the guide surfaces and this is a convenien' :orm but the guide surfaces could be provided by sep a rate parts.
  • the abutment needs to be alignable with reference axes of a microscope or other device on which it is used. To do this the clip can be moved on pivot pin 38 using slots 39 and then locked with screws 37.
  • Clamping arrangement 4 includes two levers 5 and 6. Lever 5 is pivotted on to the abutment at a pivot 51 and lever 6 is pivotted onto lever 5 at pivot 61. These pivots are conveniently pins in bushes on the levers to provide a pivot that is easy to turn on but does not wobble, particularly as lever 6 is pivotted on lever 5.
  • each pivot 1 spring loaded to turn the levers in the directions shown by the arrows 52, 62.
  • the spring load is a spring of coil form around each pivot, respectively 53, 63, with one end of the spring housed in a bore 56 in the pivot and the other end in a bore 57 in the lever, the coil being wound to produce the required sense of turning the lever.
  • springs of other form could be used, even resilient plastics bodies could be used instead of distinct springs, for example a so-called "living hinge" of polypropylene.
  • the levers could be mounted and pivotted in other ways, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, provided the limited clamping to still allow movement before clamping from another direction is present.
  • An operating member 7 is attached to lever 5 for use by an operator.
  • Conveniently member 7 is shaped for thumb-action.
  • levers are conveniently shaped as shown to bear on adjacent sides of a slide and, by the spring action, push the slide towards the abutment. Again metal or plastics materials are suitable. Instead of levers other mechanisms to achieve the specified action could be used.
  • the spring 63 acting on lever 6 produces less urge by lever 6 than the spring 53 acting on lever 5 produces by lever 5.
  • the relation between the points of action on the slide of the abutments and the levers is important. As shown two guide surfaces are provided in one direction and one in the other. The lever urging the slide against the two surfaces preferably acts near a point mid-way between these two surfaces when the slide 1s urged against them. This is found to give the most reliable positioning without tilting or excess pressure on the fragile slide. The other lever and abutment also require great care.
  • this lever should act near to the outward end of the short side of the slide and the abutment should be large enough to squarely locate the short side of slide and positioned to avoid the lever pivotting the slide on part of the abutment. Again excessive force must be avoided.
  • the levers and abutment must not too far above the stage to avoid contact with the objective of an instrument.
  • the action of the arrangement is as follows. Starting from the position in the drawing member 7 1s moved by an operator in the direction of arrow 71. This swings the clamping arrangement of both levers on pivot 51 to release slide 10. The slide is removed, possibly for treatment in a manner which is not relevant to this description. The levers remain away from the slide position either by the operator holding the member 7 or by an over-centre action of any convenient form (not shown). When a slide 1s to be placed on the stage 1 the levers are moved clear of the slide position if they have been returned. The slide returned to the ' stage is placed near to the abutment but not necessarily touching it. The member 7 1s used to bring the levers back towards the slide or to release the levers for spring urged return.
  • levers When one or more of the levers contacts or approaches the slide the member can be released, if not already released.
  • the slide can move freely towards the abutment and 1s pushed in the direction towards surfaces 34, 35 by lever 6 and towards surface 36 by lever 5.
  • the levers are sized and arranged so that lever 6 starts to push the slide to surfaces 34, 35 before lever 5 pushes the slide to surface 36. Other sequences are possible.
  • lever 5 As the spring loading on lever 6 is less than that on lever 5 when lever 6 has pivotted to push the slide to surfaces 34, 35 lever 5 continues to pivot on pivot 51 and can push the slide along the surfaces 34, 35 until it reaches surface 36.
  • the spring loading on lever 6 is arranged to be low enough not to clamp the slide against surfaces 34, 35 to prevent movement towards surface 36 but does prevent movement away from these surfaces. In this way the slide is returned to the original position on the stage of the same microscope or another instrument, which may not be a microscope, with sufficient accuracy to again have the region of interest 13 in view.
  • references to an operator include operation by a robot or other mechanism as well as by a human operator.
  • the slide clip techniques described above can be particularly valuable for repeated examination of a slide, for example 1n screening procedures when a slide is first scanned, possibly by a scanning machine, for areas of interest which areas are later examined in more detail, possibly by a more experienced operator.

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Abstract

Une pince pour lame porte-objet de microscope comprend un élément de butée de lame (3) pour une platine de microscope et un agencement de serrage de lame (5, 6) servant à serrer une lame contre l'élément de butée, l'agencement de serrage comprenant des moyens destinés à pousser et à serrer la lame en deux phases (55, 65), chaque phase prévoyant une direction respective de la lame contre l'élément de butée. Les moyens destinés à pousser et à serrer la lame en deux phases poussent la lame en une direction respective contre l'élément de butée et la serrent jusqu'à un certain point, l'une des phases produisant un effet de serrage jusqu'à un point respectif moindre avant que l'autre phase ne produise son effet de serrage. L'élément de butée de la lame peut être fixé à une platine de microscope ou à une partie d'une platine de microscope.
PCT/GB1991/001551 1990-09-12 1991-09-11 Pince pour lame porte-objet de microscope WO1992004651A1 (fr)

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DE19906422A1 (de) * 1998-11-20 2000-05-31 Leica Microsystems Halter für Objektträger
WO2002013967A2 (fr) * 2000-08-11 2002-02-21 Incyte Genomics, Inc. Mecanisme d'alignement de microreseaux
WO2002037158A2 (fr) * 2000-11-03 2002-05-10 Cytyc Corporation Systemes et procedes d'imagerie cytologique
DE10261533A1 (de) * 2002-12-23 2004-07-15 BioChip Technologies GmbH Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Produktion von Detektionssystemen Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Halten von Objektträgern
DE102004056677A1 (de) * 2004-11-18 2006-05-24 A.I.D. Autoimmun Diagnostika Gmbh Automatisches Mikroskopiersystem, dessen Komponenten sowie korrespondierende Betriebsverfahren
WO2008019296A2 (fr) * 2006-08-04 2008-02-14 Ikonisys, Inc. Monture de lamelle de microscope à mouvement sur axe z
EP1921483A1 (fr) * 2005-08-30 2008-05-14 Olympus Corporation Dispositif à étages

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DE3110366A1 (de) * 1980-03-17 1982-01-14 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo Objekthaltevorrichtung fuer mikroskopobjekttische
DE3221186A1 (de) * 1982-06-01 1983-12-01 Mannesmann AG, 4000 Düsseldorf Vorrichtung zum einspannen und justieren von proben
DD222431A1 (de) * 1984-03-01 1985-05-15 Zeiss Jena Veb Carl Haltevorrichtung fuer mikroskopobjekttraeger

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US3848963A (en) * 1971-06-18 1974-11-19 Bausch & Lomb Microscope stage fingers
US3951512A (en) * 1974-11-04 1976-04-20 Tolles Walter E Microscope slide reference apparatus
DE3110366A1 (de) * 1980-03-17 1982-01-14 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo Objekthaltevorrichtung fuer mikroskopobjekttische
DE3221186A1 (de) * 1982-06-01 1983-12-01 Mannesmann AG, 4000 Düsseldorf Vorrichtung zum einspannen und justieren von proben
DD222431A1 (de) * 1984-03-01 1985-05-15 Zeiss Jena Veb Carl Haltevorrichtung fuer mikroskopobjekttraeger

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5659421A (en) * 1995-07-05 1997-08-19 Neuromedical Systems, Inc. Slide positioning and holding device
DE19906422A1 (de) * 1998-11-20 2000-05-31 Leica Microsystems Halter für Objektträger
DE19906422C2 (de) * 1998-11-20 2001-03-01 Leica Microsystems Halter für Objektträger
WO2002013967A3 (fr) * 2000-08-11 2002-08-08 Incyte Genomics Inc Mecanisme d'alignement de microreseaux
WO2002013967A2 (fr) * 2000-08-11 2002-02-21 Incyte Genomics, Inc. Mecanisme d'alignement de microreseaux
WO2002037158A3 (fr) * 2000-11-03 2003-01-30 Cytyc Corp Systemes et procedes d'imagerie cytologique
WO2002037158A2 (fr) * 2000-11-03 2002-05-10 Cytyc Corporation Systemes et procedes d'imagerie cytologique
DE10261533A1 (de) * 2002-12-23 2004-07-15 BioChip Technologies GmbH Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Produktion von Detektionssystemen Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Halten von Objektträgern
DE102004056677A1 (de) * 2004-11-18 2006-05-24 A.I.D. Autoimmun Diagnostika Gmbh Automatisches Mikroskopiersystem, dessen Komponenten sowie korrespondierende Betriebsverfahren
EP1921483A1 (fr) * 2005-08-30 2008-05-14 Olympus Corporation Dispositif à étages
EP1921483A4 (fr) * 2005-08-30 2010-11-17 Olympus Corp Dispositif à étages
WO2008019296A2 (fr) * 2006-08-04 2008-02-14 Ikonisys, Inc. Monture de lamelle de microscope à mouvement sur axe z
WO2008019296A3 (fr) * 2006-08-04 2008-05-15 Ikonisys Inc Monture de lamelle de microscope à mouvement sur axe z

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