# US 7,410,055 B2 · Transport container for slides for immunological labeling for thin tissue sections

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- Number: US 7,410,055 B2
- Document ID: US7410055B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/784,461
- Filed: 2004-02-23
- Published: 2004-09-02
- Granted: 2008-08-12
- Earliest claimed: 2003-02-28
- Assignees: Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH
- Inventors: Heinz Plank
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7410055B2

## CPC

- B01L 9/52: {Supports specially adapted for flat sample carriers, e.g. for plates, slides, chips}
- G01N 1/312: {for samples mounted on planar substrates}
- G01N 35/04: Details of the conveyor system {(G01N35/021 - G01N35/028 take precedence)}
- B01L 2200/025: Align devices or objects to ensure defined positions relative to each other
- B01L 2300/0822: Slides
- B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

## Abstract

A transport container (40) for slides (4) for immunological labeling of thin tissue sections (2a) is disclosed. The transport container (40) is embodied in the form of a trough which comprises a peripheral delimiting wall (49) that is closed off by a base (50). There is embodied in the interior of the trough on the delimiting wall (49) at least one peripheral step (57) on which the slide rests and is spaced away from the base (50) of the transport container (40).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A transport container for slides for immunological labeling of thin tissue sections comprising: a left and a right sidewall, a backwall and a frontwall joined together to form a peripheral delimiting wall having interior and exterior sides, a base attached to the peripheral delimiting wall closing off the transport container, at least one peripheral step formed in the interior side of the peripheral delimiting wall, and wherein said base comprises first and second elevations and a planar flattened area located at the same level as the slide for providing additional support to said slide, said first and second elevations being cup-shaped with a depression closed off by said planar flattened area, said depression of said first elevation having a cross-section in the form of a circle, and the depression of the second elevation having a cross-section in the form of a rectangle with rounded edges.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The transport container as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one peripheral step in said interior side of said peripheral delimiting wall is continuous.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The transport container as defined in claim 2, wherein at least one stop is embodied respectively on the left sidewall and on the right sidewall.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The transport container as defined in claim 1, wherein the transport container is stackable in a stack, such that the base of one transport container constituting in each case the cover for a transport container located beneath it.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The transport container as defined in claim 1, wherein the delimiting wall of the transport container has embodied on it in the region of the front wall two grip recesses that are arranged opposite one another.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The transport container as defined in claim 1, wherein the delimiting wall of the transport container has shaped on it in the region of the back wall two parallel lugs that serve partially as guides for arranging the transport container in the stack.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The transport container as defined in any of claim 1, wherein the delimiting wall has embodied in the left and the right sidewall at least one protrusion in each case, operatively arranged so the slide does not contact the left or right sidewall in the region of the protrusion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The transport container as defined in claim 1, wherein the transport container is fabricated from a dimensionally stable material.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The transport container as defined in claim 8, wherein the transport container is injection molded.