Patent ID: 8871158

Claim:
A protective sheath, comprising: a histology slide protective member, further comprising: four vertical walls disposed in communication with a lower horizontal wall, wherein the walls define an open-faced box, wherein the walls define an internal space, where the interior space is dimensioned to accept at least one histology slide; a plurality of ridges disposed on the interior horizontal walls and adapted to accept the histology slide; a histology sample protective member in permanent communication with the histology slide, further comprising: a sample block sleeve holder disposed on a first vertical wall of the histology slide protective member and adapted to accept a paraffin block cassette, wherein the sample block sleeve holder further comprises: a first sample member vertical wall and third sample member vertical wall in communication with the first vertical wall of the histology slide protective member; a second sample member vertical wall in communication with the first sample member vertical wall and third sample member vertical wall; a sample member horizontal wall; wherein the sample member vertical walls and horizontal wall define an interstitial space; and a sample block sleeve having three vertical sample block sleeve walls disposed in communication with an upper horizontal sample block sleeve wall and a lower horizontal sample block sleeve wall, wherein the walls define an internal paraffin block space; wherein the internal sample block space is adapted to accept a sample or paraffin block.