Abstract:
AN IMPROVED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING BLOOD AND SIMILAR SAMPLES FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION IN WHICH THE SAMPLE IS DEPOSITED ON A SLIDE AND THE SLIDE IS SPUN AT HIGH SPEED TO THROW OFF THE EXCESS LIQUID AND LEAVE A THIN SMEAR OR FILM. THE SAMPLE IS SHIELDED FROM AIR CURRENTS BY MEANS OF A COVER WHICH FITS OVER THE ROTATING HOLDER TO WHICH THE SAMPLE SLIDE IS CLAMPED. BY SHIELDING THE SAMPLE IT IS PROTECTED FROM AIR BUFFETING WHICH PREVENTS DISTORTION OF THE BLOOD CELLS AND OBVIATES DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS DUE TO CHANGE IN CELL SHAPE. AFTER THE CELLS SPREAD IN A UNIFORM LAYER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ARREST ROTATION OF THE SLIDE TO PREVENT EXCESS DRYING OF THE SMEAR, WHICH ALSO RESULTS IN DISTORTION OF THE CELL SHAPE.
Abstract:
A DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AN APPROXIMATELY 15 MICROLITER SAMPLE OF BLOOD AND FOR TRANSFERRING GAS FROM THE BLOOD TO A GAS RECEPTOR FLUID THROUGH A GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANE. THE BLOOD SAMPLE MAY BE STORED IN THE DEVICE WHICH IS ADAPTED TO DELIVER THE RECEPTOR FLUID INTO A MEASURING ELECTRODE. BY CONTRAST IN PRIOR ART SYSTEMS BLOOD GAS ANALYSES WERE MADE IN THE SAME DEVICE IN WHICH THE BLOOD SAMPLE WAS PLACED.