A container assembly for collecting amorphous specimens that includes a tube member, enclosed by a plastic bag and both these housed by two jacket members. Each jacket member has one porous plug inside. The jackets are urged together by a rubber band and the tube member is firmly sandwiched between the plug members. One of the jackets is longer than the other so that the former can be used as a test tube.

An individual specimen positioner and a system for vacuum deposition of metal to prepare a specimen for observation by a scanning electron microscope. A number of specimens are held and positioned simultaneously, each positioned by an identical specimen positioner. Each specimen positioner has a grip for the specimen. The grip is mounted to a base through an angled shaft which is mounted on bearings to rotate the grip. The base is integrally connected to a vertical shaft, the axis of which exten...

A test specimen includes four sensed elements and six connection elements for connecting the sensed elements, the sensed elements being releasably connectable by the connection elements in such a way that each sensed element touches precisely three connection elements at the end faces thereof and that the sensed elements and the connection elements in their entirety form a tetrahedron on the corners of which the sensed elements are arranged. The material and/or the dimensions of the sensed eleme...

A specimen imaging apparatus is provided that is capable of improved high-speed operation compared to conventional apparatuses. The specimen imaging apparatus is provided with a microscope for enlarging the image of a specimen, and taking the enlarged image of the specimen obtained by the microscope. The apparatus is provided with a vibration detector for detecting a relative vibration between the objective lens of the microscope and the specimen mounted in the microscope, a focuser for focusing...

A specimen incubator including a closed cabinet having an access opening ch can be selectively opened and closed, and wherein are mounted a plurality of specimen support trays movable in a path in the cabinet in a manner for selective placement of any given tray at the access opening, and further including means for controllably circulating a gaseous medium in the cabinet with means provided to preclude entrance of external atmosphere into the incubator under open conditions thereof, the incubat...

A specimen carrier for transporting conventional specimen tubes throughout an automatic laboratory conveyance system includes a generally rectilinear carrier body with a forward face having an identification zone delimited thereon. An identification code is marked in the identification zone so as to permit mechanical sensing and identification of the carrier on a conveyor system. A plurality of holes of various diameters and depths are provided in the top surface of the carrier to receive conven...

A package for a medical specimen slide formed by a sheet foldable to a packaged condition has end panels and side panels joined to a central base portion of the sheet, each end panel having corner portions foldable to a crush resistant configuration so as to support the end panels and the side panels away from contact with the specimen slide. The package sheet also has a slide retainer consisting of two cuts in the sheet spaced to define a retaining band under which is inserted the specimen slid...

A specimen carrier is designed for transporting specimen tubes throughout an automatic laboratory conveyance system. The specimen carrier includes a generally rectilinear carrier body with a forward face having an identification zone delimited thereon. An identification code is marked in the identification zone so as to permit mechanical sensing and identification of the carrier on a conveyor system. A plurality of holes of various diameters and depths are provided in the top surface of the carr...

A kit for collecting specimens that includes a trocar member 20 which is partially housed, at its ends, by jacket members 30 and 40 and rubber band 50 wrapped around jacket members 30 and 40. The first alternate embodiment includes trocar 30' which has a porous lateral wall or the lateral wall includes small apertures so that the moisture can escape thereby permitting a user to do an occult blood test. The second alternate embodiment corresponds to trocar 30" that includes larger apertures aroun...

An arrangement for receiving and transferring liquid specimens has a plurality of receiving vessels each formed as a closed cell provided with two conduits including a first conduit open below and a second conduit open above into an interior of the cell, two pairs of connecting conduits, and a mechanical switching device which is bringable in three positions for each group of the cells so as to alternatingly tightly close the first and second conduits, connect the first and second conduits with ...