Integral centrifuge tube and specimen slide
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1. An integral specimen collection tube and microscope slide device which comprises in combination:
- an elongated tubular container portion having means defining an entrance opening at a proximal end and an exit opening at a distal end, said container portion having a flat planar surface extending along a rear side thereof;
a slide portion joined to the container portion at said distal end and extending longitudinally beyond the container portion to a closed terminal end of the device;
the slide portion comprising flat, optically transparent, opposed parallel base and cover members defining a chamber for receiving a specimen and displaying same for viewing through a microscope having a slide supporting stage;
means defining a transition portion between the tubular container and slide portions for locating the slide portion base member in alignment with said planar surface adjacent the microscope stage when the device is placed on the stage with the flat rear side in contact with the stage; and
means defining a lens clearance section of the tubular container portion in the form of a generally transversely flat, longitudinally curved, concave surface extending from the cover member to a juncture with the wall of the tubular container portion remote from the cover member opposite the longitudinal center line of said planar surface.
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Abstract
A generally tubular container integrally formed and communicating with a microscope slide member having an enclosed specimen chamber. The container is adapted to serve as a centrifugation tube and a permanent handle for manipulation of the microscope slide member. The back of the device is generally flat and the front and sides of the collection tube are generally rounded except for a concave region extending longitudinally from the upper face of the microscope slide member to provide clearance for rotating a lens turret for high power viewing of a specimen in the slide chamber.
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1. An integral specimen collection tube and microscope slide device which comprises in combination:
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an elongated tubular container portion having means defining an entrance opening at a proximal end and an exit opening at a distal end, said container portion having a flat planar surface extending along a rear side thereof; a slide portion joined to the container portion at said distal end and extending longitudinally beyond the container portion to a closed terminal end of the device;
the slide portion comprising flat, optically transparent, opposed parallel base and cover members defining a chamber for receiving a specimen and displaying same for viewing through a microscope having a slide supporting stage;means defining a transition portion between the tubular container and slide portions for locating the slide portion base member in alignment with said planar surface adjacent the microscope stage when the device is placed on the stage with the flat rear side in contact with the stage; and means defining a lens clearance section of the tubular container portion in the form of a generally transversely flat, longitudinally curved, concave surface extending from the cover member to a juncture with the wall of the tubular container portion remote from the cover member opposite the longitudinal center line of said planar surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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