Patent ID: 6159199
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B01L,B25J,C12M

Abstract:
A device for handling instruments used in technical cytological examination, the device comprising:a base;at least two separate holders displaceably supported on said base and each carrying an instrument; andat least two drives coupled to said at least two holders, respectively, for moving the at least two holders between a working position, in which free ends of respective instruments, which are held in the at least two holders, are aligned during a technical cytological intervention adjacent to a to-be-treated cellular material, and a resting position in which said holders are spaced from the to-be-treated cellular material;wherein said at least two drives are coupled with each other so that, when simultaneously actuated, said at least two drives are capable of moving said at least two holders to respective selected positions of said at least two holders, andwherein said at least two drives move said at least two holders to the respective selected positions of said at least two holders at equal time intervals or a staggered time intervals.