# US 2014/0151256 A1 · Microscope slide transport device

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- Number: US 2014/0151256 A1
- Document ID: US20140151256A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/694,430
- Filed: 2012-12-03
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03
- Inventors: Thomas C. Laipply
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151256A1

## CPC

- B65D 81/05: maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents ({B65D81/022, B65D81/025, } B65D81/03 take precedence)
- B01L 9/52: {Supports specially adapted for flat sample carriers, e.g. for plates, slides, chips}
- B01L 2200/0684: Venting, avoiding backpressure, avoid gas bubbles
- B01L 2200/185: Long distance transport, e.g. mailing
- B01L 2300/0822: Slides
- G02B 21/34: Microscope slides, e.g. mounting specimens on microscope slides
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

The invention is a device for transporting and preserving microscope slides and specimens having a larger air filled compartment enclosing a smaller air filled and slide containing compartment which protects slides from damage and preserves specimens by air drying provided by air circulation between compartments.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A microscope slide transport device comprising a larger compartment having walls enclosing an air space which further encloses a smaller compartment having walls enclosing an air space wherein a smaller compartment wall has an opening providing for air exchange between the compartments.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein a microscope slide is inside the smaller compartment.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2 wherein the microscope slide is a hematologic slide.

### Claim 4

The method of transporting and preserving a microscope slide comprising placing a slide in an air filled compartment, enclosing it within a larger air filled compartment, and maintaining air flow between the compartments through an opening in a wall separating the compartments.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 wherein the slide is a hematologic slide.