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Specimen carrier

  • US 5,427,743 A
  • Filed: 02/09/1994
  • Issued: 06/27/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A specimen carrier for transporting a laboratory specimen carried within a specimen tube or a rectangular specimen slide, comprising:

  • a carrier body having a forward face and opposing rearward face, a top surface and opposing bottom surface, a right end wall and opposing left end wall;

    specimen tube carrying means on said carrier body for carrying at least one specimen tube in a generally upright position and with an upper end of the specimen tube located at a predetermined height above the top surface of said carrier body; and

    said specimen tube carrying means including a first vertical hole formed in the upper surface of said carrier body having a predetermined diameter and depth so as to receive a predetermined specimen tube partially therein with an upper end located a predetermined distance above the carrier body top surface;

    specimen slide carrying means on said carrier body for carrying at least one specimen slide in a generally vertical position with an upper end of the specimen slide located at a predetermined height above the top surface of said carrier body; and

    said specimen slide carrying means including a pair of opposed, vertically-oriented channels formed diametrically along walls of said first vertical hole.

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