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Medical specimen slide mailer with improved specimen protection

  • US 5,611,433 A
  • Filed: 05/29/1996
  • Issued: 03/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mailer for medical specimen slides comprising:

  • a sheet of relatively stiff material cut, scored and folded to make a base and a cover joined along a hinge line for movement between an open and a closed position, said base including a double thickness of said sheet material, one thickness in said base being cut to define a slide holding well sized to closely receive a medical specimen slide, said cover also having a double thickness including an inner thickness and an outer thickness of said sheet material, one thickness in said cover being cut to define a clearance recess overlying said holding well in said closed position, said recess being sized and shaped to avoid contact of said cover with a specimen bearing portion of said specimen slide, and means for restraining said slide in said holding well and out of said recess in said closed position.

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