Adhesive label with grid for microscope slide
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1. A microscope slide in combination with a self-adhesive label comprising:
- a microscope slide having a front face upon which, in use, a sample to be analysed is deposited, and a rear face; and
a label including indicia means comprising at least one alpha-numeric grid wherein, when said label is attached, in use, to the rear face of said microscope slide, said at least one alpha-numeric grid is visible when viewed through said front face of said microscope slide and wherein said at least one alpha-numeric grid comprises an 8×
12 array.
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Abstract
An adhesive label 3 for attaching to a microscope slide 1 is disclosed. The label 3 may have one or more grids or arrays 2 provided on it to help an operator to manually spot a microscope slide 1.
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1. A microscope slide in combination with a self-adhesive label comprising:
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a microscope slide having a front face upon which, in use, a sample to be analysed is deposited, and a rear face; and
a label including indicia means comprising at least one alpha-numeric grid wherein, when said label is attached, in use, to the rear face of said microscope slide, said at least one alpha-numeric grid is visible when viewed through said front face of said microscope slide and wherein said at least one alpha-numeric grid comprises an 8×
12 array.- View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An adhesive label for assisting the spotting of a microscope slide, said label having on one side an adhesive layer and on an opposed side a grid together with mirror images of alpha-numeric characters, wherein said grid comprises an 8×
- 12 array.
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4. A method of transferring DNA samples from a microtitre plate to a microscope slide, comprising the steps of:
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providing a microtitre plate with a plurality of DNA samples arranged in an array of samples;
providing a microscope slide having front and rear faces;
attaching a pre-printed label having at least one alpha-numeric grid to the rear face of said microscope slide, said alpha-numeric grid comprising an 8×
12 array; and
transferring DNA material from said microtitre plate to the front face of said microscope slide using the grid on said label as a guide.
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5. A method of manually spotting a microscope slide, comprising the steps of:
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attaching an adhesive gridded indicia means comprising an alpha-numeric grid comprising an 8×
12 array to an underside of said microscope slide; and
spotting said microscope slide using said indicia means as a guide, with the indicia means being viewed through the microscope slide.
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