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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303920 | Staining reagent for staining hematology samples in an automated staining apparatus Automated staining equipment that can mix reagents is used to spray a Romanowsky stain onto slide mounted specimens which are then briefly centrifuged. The centrifugation step removes excess stain leaving only a thin film. Depending on the time of the centrifugation... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6858432 | Method and staining reagent for staining hematology sample in an automated staining apparatus Automated staining equipment that can mix reagents is used to spray a Romanowsky stain onto slide mounted specimens which are then briefly centrifuged. The centrifugation step removes excess stain leaving only a thin film. Depending on the time of the centrifugation... | 02/22/2005 |
| 5466371 | Cytocentrifugation device A cytocentrifugation device of the type disclosed by the copending Stokes-Quirante U.S. application Ser. No. 07/788,310 (U.S. Pat. No. 5,252,228 on Oct. 12, 1993) is improved by the provision of elongate, rounded projections on and protruding from the cla... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5380435 | Liquid absorption pad for cytocentrifugation device A cytocentrifugation device, rotor, and apparatus are improved by providing the device with a plurality of liquid-receiving chambers arranged serially along and opening into an elongate conduit leading to and terminating within a filter-pad-holder so that... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5376267 | Cytocentrifuge rotor for cytocentrifugation devices A cytocentrifugation device, rotor, and apparatus are improved by providing the device with a plurality of liquid-receiving chambers arranged serially along and opening into an elongate conduit leading to and terminating within a filter-pad-holder so that... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5318795 | Staining methods for histology and cytology specimens In the field of staining methods for histology and cytology specimens, the improvements of the invention are three-fold. First included is a drying-clearing step whereby a specimen is cleared by drying. Thus, the use of hazardous chemical-clearing agents ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5252228 | Cytocentrifugation device, apparatus, and method Cytocentrifugation apparatus is improved by providing centrifuging devices with a plurality of liquid-receiving chambers arranged serially along and opening into an elongate conduit leading to and terminating within a filter-pad-holder so that a filter-pa... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5180606 | Apparatus for applying a controlled amount of reagent to a microscope slide or the like Apparatus for applying a controlled amount of reagent to one or more miscroscope slide or the like includes a spray chamber and a carousel adapted to hold a plurality of slides and to be mounted for rotation in the spray chamber. Nozzles are mounted to sp... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5104640 | Fixative composition for fixing blood smears to slides A fixative solution for fixing biological smears, such as blood smears, to a slide for subsequent staining of the smear, which can be used in automated slide staining equipment, includes a fixative liquid, a stabilizing agent to reduce water spotting prob... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5009185 | Apparatus for applying a controlled amount of reagent to a microscope slide or the like Apparatus for applying a controlled amount of reagent to a microscope slide or the like includes a spray chamber and a carousel adapted to hold a plurality of slides and to be mounted for rotation in the spray chamber. Nozzles are mounted to spray reagent... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4771007 | Electrical conductivity device for detecting mastitis in dairy cows An electrical conductivity testing device for detecting mastitis in dairy cows includes an inlet for receiving a sample of milk to be tested, a conductivity cell having a milk flow-through testing passage in flow communication with the inlet, and a milk d... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4542751 | Sweat-collecting device and method A sweat-collection device formed as a solid body having a shallowly concave, sweat-collecting surface at a face thereof defining a concavity with a rim lying wholly within a common plane for firm placement over an iontophoresis-stimulated area of a person... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4527437 | Pipette controller The invention is a pipette controller for facilitating the handling of liquids by a pipette. The pipette attaches to the pipette controller. The pipette controller has a handle which is proximate to the attached pipette and substantially parallel to the p... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4436634 | Method and apparatus for separating cells by sedimentation velocity A method and apparatus for separating cells according to differences in sedimentation velocity comprises a vessel preferably constructed from a cylindrical body of ring formation, the height of which is substantially less than its diameter, and from top a... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4383529 | Iontophoretic electrode device, method and gel insert An iontophoretic electrode device, method, and hydrophilic, hydrated gel insert for the electrode device all involve a preformed, shape-retaining, gel body preferably of disc formation having mutually opposite, parallel faces. An agar gel disc having an i... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4266556 | Electrically heated sweat collection device and method A sweat collection device for use with equipment for inducing human sweat has an electrically heated cup member whose temperature is maintained substantially constant by monitoring the temperature of the cup and controlling the electrical power supplied t... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4242906 | Thermocouple-equipped, soil probe with removable protective shield An in-situ, thermocouple, soil hygrometer or psychrometer probe equipped with a removable, moisture pervious thermocouple shield, so that the thermocouple may be periodically cleaned for increased life and improved performance, has an elastic, protective ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4150564 | Osmometer for colloid osmometry Instruments for use by medical laboratories to measure oncotic (colloid osmotic) pressure of blood for determining the risk of pulmonary edema are improved by the provision in the sensing heads thereof of a sinuous, preferably spiral, elongate, sample cha... | 04/24/1979 |
