Patent ID: 7585469
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A specimen holder for retaining specimens for microscopic examination, the specimen holder comprising: two bars arranged opposite one another and displaceable in opposite directions along a displacement axis, each of the two bars respectively including a first side and a second side, the respective first sides facing one another and the respective second sides facing away from one another; at least one rail extending along the displacement axis for guiding the two bars, each of the two bars having a groove profiled to fit with a corresponding rail; wherein the at least one rail has an L-shaped profile, a shorter limb thereof engaging into the groove of the bar or bars guided thereby; wherein the first sides each have at least one respective recess therein for retaining a specimen by at least partial contact of the respective recesses against an outer surface of the specimen; wherein the two bars can be removed from the specimen holder and reinserted in the specimen holder after rotation of each bar 180 degrees about its longitudinal axis, or after transposing the two bars; and wherein the second sides also each have at least one respective recess therein for retaining a specimen by at least partial contact of the respective recesses against an outer surface of the specimen after removing and reinserting the two bars including said rotation or said transposition.