Histological slides storage and dispensing container
Inactive Publication Date: 2005-04-07
TRIANGLE BIOMEDICAL SCI
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[0010] The invention relates in one aspect to a storage and dispensing container for slides, comprising a cover and a receptacle portion, wherein the receptacle portion comprises a floor and a circumscribing wall forming with the floor a receptacle cavity for holding an array of slides therein, the circumscribing wall including opposing wall portions having cut-outs therein exposing portions of faces
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A major problem with extracting a group of slides for loading into the slide labeling system is that the slides stick to one another, and it is difficult to manually grasp a group of slides from a box having a large number of slides therein.
The sticking problem is exacerbated by packaging of the slides in the original container under high relative humidity conditions, or by subsequent exposure to such conditions, which can produce high levels of slide-to-slide cohesion.
Although described above in reference to use of glass slides in automated histology slide labeling applications, similar problems are encountered in use of glass microscope slides generally, in other applications, e.g., cytology research, DNA analysis, forensic studies, etc., as well as in instances involving general handling of glass slides, such as the transfer of a group of glass slides to a manual dispensing device for subsequent dispensing and use.
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[0019] The invention provides a storage and dispensing container for slides.
[0020] Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slide storage and dispensing container 10 according to one embodiment of the invention. The container comprises a cover 12 and a receptacle portion 14. The cover 12 includes a top wall 16, front wall 18 and a side wall 20 in the view shown in FIG. 1.
[0021]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the opened container of FIG. 1, in which the cover 12 of the container has been removed from the receptacle portion 14 of the container. The cover is shown as having the top wall 16 circumscribed by the front wall 18, back wall 24, side wall 20 and side wall 22.
[0022] The receptacle portion 14 of the container includes a peripheral base flange 26 extending outwardly from the vertically upstanding circumscribing wall 28. At the upper end 30 of the circumscribing wall 28 is a curvate bearing surface 48. The circumscribing wall 28 together with the floor ...
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A storage and dispensing container for slides useful in mounting tissue samples for histological analysis, comprising a cover and a receptacle portion, wherein the receptacle portion comprises a floor and a circumscribing wall forming with the floor a receptacle cavity for holding an array of slides therein, the circumscribing wall including opposing wall portions having cut-outs therein exposing portions of faces of slides in the array of slides reposed in the receptacle cavity, wherein the receptacle portion is sized and constructed so that a user can grasp the array of slides with opposing digits contacting the portions of faces of slides in the array through the cut-outs, thereby facilitating handling of the slides.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to a storage and dispensing container for slides, of a type such as are used in mounting tissue samples for histological analysis or other applications such as general microscopy studies, diagnostics testing, analytical chemical studies, collection of forensic evidence, etc. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0002] In the histological analysis of tissue, a biopsy sample or other source of the tissue to be assessed is typically sectioned using cryostatic sectioning techniques well established in the art. The sectioned sample of tissue is mounted on a substrate such as a microscope slide for staining, reagent treatment, etc. and subsequent histological characterization. [0003] A variety of automated systems has come into use in histology laboratories for labeling glass slides prior to mounting of the tissue sample thereon, e.g., for affixation of a label with information specific to the patient from whom the tissue sample is being obtai...
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CPCB65D85/48
InventorHUNNELL, JACK E.
OwnerTRIANGLE BIOMEDICAL SCI