Cell Processor
date: label: date made
content: 1991
label: date made
content: after 1991
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Cytyc Thin Prep Cell Processor, also known as Beta Unit is used for preparing cytological (cervical) specimens for the detection of pre-cancerous or cancerous cells. Accessories include three instruments for collecting cervical cells, a wooden Aylesbury Spatula, a plastic and rubber Cervix "broom", and a Cytology brush, a rectangular red plastic slide box which contains sixteen glass slides including one with a "normal" pathological specimen and two cables.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The original Pap test developed over seventy years ago by George Nicolas Papanicolaou, M.D. (1883-1962), has been a routine component of women’s yearly gynecological exams.
label: Description (Brief)
content: When cervical cells are collected other material such as mucus and blood are collected as well making it difficult to count the cells, and increasing the chances of a false/positive diagnosis. In the late 1980’s Stanley Lapidus and Dean Kamen tackled the problem of developing an efficient and accurate way of separating and counting cells. They developed a new method of liquid based cytology which revolutionized the way cervical cells are examined for abnormalities.
label: Description
content: Entrepreneur Stanley Lapidus established the Cytyc Corp. in 1987, with the aim of developing an improved alternative to the conventional Pap test for detecting cervical cancer. Dean Kamen, inventor and entrepreneur, helped with this endeavor. The ThinPrep Cell Processor, the firm’s first important product, was introduced in 1990. The Cytec Corp. later moved from Boxborough to Marlborough, Ma.
label: Description
content: Ref: Stanley Lapidus, et. al., “Method and Apparatus for Preparing Cells for Examination,” U.S. Patent 5,143,627 (Sept. 1, 1992), assigned to Cytec Corp.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Marlboro
topic: label: general subject association
content: Health Care
label: general subject association
content: Women's Health
label: general subject association
content: Gynecology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Cancer
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content: Cancer: Diagnosis
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Daniel Lapen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0029.02.1
label: accession number
content: 2012.0029
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0029.01
label: patent number
content: 5143627
label: model number
content: 0100001/6
label: serial number
content: 501228
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cell processor
label: Object Name
content: Cell Processor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 64.5 cm x 68 cm x 39.7 cm; 25 13/32 in x 26 25/32 in x 15 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 25 1/2 in x 15 5/8 in; 64.77 cm x 64.77 cm x 39.6875 cm