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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
James B. Mccormick, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
James B. McCormick, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc., Richmond, IL (US);
Abstract
A histological specimen cassette for use in connection with a larger histological specimen cassette, wherein each histological specimen cassette has an internal chamber that includes a receptacle and a lid, the receptacle having a bottom wall, opposite side walls, opposite front and back walls, and an internal chamber or cavity, where the internal chamber or cavity is positioned between the sidewalls, the front and back walls and partially bound by the bottom wall, having a plurality of apertures that extend through the bottom wall and that create fluid passageways into the cavity, the lid having a plurality of apertures that extend through the lid and that create additional fluid passageways into the cavity, the histological specimen cassette being dimensioned such that the histological specimen cassette can fit entirely within the void of the larger histological specimen cassette when the lid is in the closed position.