Blood bank microscopes with oscillating vessel support means
AssigneeMedical Laboratory Automation, Inc.
InventorsCarlos A. Irazoqui, Emil A. Scordato
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Abstract
A blood bank microscope in which cell/serum-reagent reactions can be viewed, from below, directly in the cuvettes in which the reactions take place and in which the cuvettes can be rocked to cause the contents thereof to flow back and forth within the viewer's field of observation.
Claims9
A reverse microscope for viewing a fluid specimen through the fluid supporting surface of a specimen vessel, said microscope comprising, pivotally mounted means adapted to support a specimen vessel in the focal plane of the microscope optics, means located relative to said vessel support means for illuminating from above a fluid specimen supported by said vessel support means, optical means adapted to be focused on a fluid specimen supported by said vessel support means for viewing the specimen from below, and means for oscillating said vessel support means to cause a fluid specimen in a specimen vessel to flow back and forth through the focal point of the microscope optics.
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