Device and method for cytology slide preparation
AssigneeDigene Corporation
InventorsGerson Botacini das Dores, Iwona Mielzynska-Lohnas, Eliane Taromaru, William J. Payne, Joseph P. Slattery, James G. Lazar
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Abstract
This invention provides a novel device and method for preparing cytology slides. The device comprises a book-like form including an absorbent material and filter attached to the inside surface of a front cover and a cytology slide removeably attached to an inside surface of a back cover. A sample is removed from the body of a patient, placed in a liquid-based solution, and then on the filter. When the book-like form is closed, the sample is effectively transferred to the slide. The device can be modified so that a plurality of slides are prepared at the same time.
Claims12
A method of preparing cytology slides, the method comprising:
- providing a slide preparation device comprising a first cover having an inside surface, a second cover having an inside surface, said first and second covers hingedly secured to each other so as to be foldable into a book form, an absorbent material mounted to the inside surface of the first cover, a filter overlaying the absorbent material and a plurality of slides attached to the inside surface of the second cover;
- applying an aliquot of cytology sample to the filter;
- and
- closing the book form so that the filter containing the aliquot contacts the slides.
A device for facilitating the preparation of a plurality of cytology slides, the device comprising:
- a cover having an inside surface;
- a base having an inside surface;
- an interposed hinge, said cover and base hingeably secured by the hinge so as to be foldable into a book form capable of an open and closed position;
- a plurality of absorbent material mounted on the inside surface of the cover;
- a filter, the filter overlaying the absorbent material;
- and
- a plurality of cytology slides, each cytology slide corresponding to one of the absorbent material mounted on the cover, wherein the cytology slides are mounted to the inside surface of the base, each slide being positioned on the inside surface of the base to contact the corresponding absorbent material and the filter when the book form is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.