US 12,458,973 B2
Slide-holder support for a microscope
Mauro Andrea Malan, Sant'Angelo in Vado (IT); Massimo Galavotti, Sant'Angelo in Vado (IT); Adolfo Carloni, Sant'Angelo in Vado (IT); and Gianluca Maroncelli, Sant'Angelo in Vado (IT)
Assigned to NTP NANO TECH PROJECTS S.R.L., Sant'Angelo in Vado (IT)
Appl. No. 17/437,175
Filed by NTP NANO TECH PROJECTS S.R.L., Sant'Angelo in Vado (IT)
PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/051754
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/183284, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000003681 (IT), filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0168746 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 9/52 (2013.01) [B01L 2200/04 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0822 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2300/168 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microscope slide-holder support, comprising:
a plate-shaped body defining an upper body surface, an opposite lower body surface, a body thickness defined between said upper body surface and said lower body surface, said plate-shaped body comprising a through opening passing through the plate-shaped body between said upper body surface and said lower body surface, said plate-shaped body comprising at least one slide seat configured to removably house a corresponding microscope slide at said upper body surface; and
upper removable engagement means for engaging/disengaging the microscope slide to/from said plate-shaped body into said at least one slide seat,
wherein the upper removable engagement means comprise an undercut portion at a first end of said slide seat and a movable engagement element at an opposite second end of said slide seat, and
wherein the undercut portion and the movable engagement element are configured to engage opposite short sides of the microscope slide; and
a collection plate configured to be coupled to said plate-shaped body and is sized to completely close said through opening close to said lower body surface, wherein said collection plate and said through opening being configured to jointly form a collection compartment into said microscope slide-holder support, and
wherein said collection plate is made of transparent material, thereby allowing light to pass through and illuminate the microscope slide.
 
14. An assembly of a microscope slide-holder support and of at least one microscope slide, comprising:
a microscope slide-holder support comprising:
a plate-shaped body defining an upper body surface, an opposite lower body surface, a body thickness defined between said upper body surface and said lower body surface; said plate-shaped body comprising a through opening passing through the plate-shaped body between said upper body surface and said lower body surface, said plate-shaped body comprising at least one slide seat configured to removably house a corresponding at least one microscope slide at said upper body surface; and
upper removable engagement means for engaging/disengaging said at least one microscope slide to/from said plate-shaped body into said at least one slide seat,
wherein the upper removable engagement means comprise an undercut portion at a first end of said slide seat and a movable engagement element at an opposite second end of said slide seat;
wherein the undercut portion and the movable engagement element are configured to engage opposite short sides of said at least one microscope slide; and
a collection plate configured to be coupled to said plate-shaped body and is sized to completely close said through opening close to said lower body surface, wherein said collection plate and said through opening being configured to jointly form a collection compartment into said microscope slide-holder support; and
wherein said collection plate is made of transparent material, thereby allowing light to pass through and illuminate the at least one microscope slide, and
said at least one microscope slide is configured to be removably housed in a corresponding one of said at least one seat, straddling said through opening so that at least one portion of said at least one microscope slide remains overlapping said through opening.