Patent ID: 7410055
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
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.