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Automatic microscope slide

  • US 4,367,915 A
  • Filed: 01/26/1981
  • Issued: 01/11/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bio-medical microscope specimen slide positioning apparatus adapted for use in automatic sequential examination of a group of microscope specimen slides and comprising:

  • a storage magazine for storing a plurality of said microscope specimen slides;

    means for said magazine operable for indexing a specimen slide to a specimen slide exit or entry position;

    specimen slide transfer means positioned relative to said storage magazine for removing and transporting from said magazine said specimen slide located in said magazine and positioned at said specimen slide exit or entry position;

    a microscope specimen slide stage for receiving a specimen slide from said magazine;

    means for positioning and retaining said specimen slide on said specimen slide stage;

    translation means for moving and positioning said stage with a specimen slide supported thereon in a geometric plane; and

    means for mounting to the apparatus a microscope optical viewing system in a disposition adjacent to said retained specimen slide such that by operation of said translation means said specimen slide can be moved about and positioned in the optical axis of said optical viewing system for optically examining the specimen on said specimen slide;

    said specimen slide transfer means including means positioned relative to said stage for removing said specimen slide from said stage after microscope examination.

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