HOLDING APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING SPECIMEN SLIDES

• US 20120138499A1
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH (Danaher Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH (Danaher Corporation)
• Inventors: WILKE, Christian, BERBERICH, Markus, TENHAEF, Jürgen
• Granted Patent: US 9,322,754 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/456
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/48 for glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 1/31 Apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00732 Identification of carriers, materials or components in automatic analysers

Abstract

The present invention relates to a holding apparatus (10) for receiving specimen slides (1), having a holder (3, 4, 5) for handling the holding apparatus (10) and having at least two identification units (2a, 2b) that make available different information items to enable characterization of the orientation of the holding apparatus (10) in a stainer or coverslipper.

Claims

1. A holding apparatus (10) for receiving specimen slides (1), comprising:

a holder (3, 4, 5) for handling of the holding apparatus (10);

at least two identification units (2a, 2b), each identification unit having unique information items for characterizing the orientation of the holding apparatus (10) in a stainer or coverslipper.

2. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein a first identification unit (2a) is attached at a first point and a second identification unit (2b) is attached at a second point.

3. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 2, wherein the holding apparatus (10) has a vertical axis, the second point being located 180-degrees about the vertical axis from the first point so that the first point is symmetric with the second point with respect to the vertical axis.

4. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein the holder (3, 4, 5) has an asymmetrical shape.

5. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein the holder (3, 4, 5) is a bracket.

6. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein the holder (3, 4, 5) of the holding apparatus (10) is foldable.

7. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein the holder (3, 4, 5) comprises a bottom (3), a top (4), and a frame (5).

8. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 7, wherein the at least two identification units (2a, 2b) are arranged on the bottom (3) of the holder (3, 4, 5).

9. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 7, wherein the at least two identification units (2a, 2b) are arranged on the top (4).

10. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 7, wherein the at least two identification units (2a, 2b) are arranged between the bottom (3) and the top (4).

11. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein the holder (3, 4, 5) is mounted eccentrically on two oppositely located sides of the holding apparatus (10), wherein a first portion of the holder (3, 4, 5) extends upwardly, away from the two oppositely located sides, and a second portion of the holder (3, 4, 5) extends perpendicularly away from the first portion of the holder (3, 4, 5).

12. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two identification units (2a, 2b) has information items relating to the holding apparatus.

13. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two identification units (2a, 2b) has information items relating to specimen slides (1) received by the holding apparatus (10).

14. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two identification units (2a, 2b) has information items relating to a treatment in a stainer or coverslipper.

15. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two identification units (2a, 2b) makes available information items relating to the holding apparatus (10), relating to specimen slides (1) received by the holding apparatus (10), and relating to a treatment in a stainer or coverslipper.

16. The holding apparatus (10) according to claim 1, wherein the identification units include RFID transponders (2a, 2b).