Centrifugal smearing device and sealed rotating container

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9829418
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14778004

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The present invention addresses the problem of providing a centrifugal smearing device and a sealed rotating container in which liquid components do not leak to an outside of the sealed rotating container. To solve this problem, in a centrifugal smearing device (30) including a sealed rotating container (34) that houses a chamber (10) with a slide glass removably attached for holding the liquid sample to smear cells in the liquid sample with a centrifugal force onto the slide glass, and a base (31) housing the sealed rotating container (34) and including rotational driving means (32) for rotating the sealed rotating container (34), the sealed rotating container (34) includes a main body (40) capable of housing the chamber (10) and a lid (42) for closing an upper surface opening portion of the main body (40), and has a storage section (46) for storing liquid scattered from the chamber (10) during being centrifuged, formed on an inside face of the main body (40).

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SAKURA FINETEK JAPAN CO LTDTOKYO 103-0023
SAKURA SEIKI CO LTDCHIKUMA-SHI NAGANO 387-0015

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nagabayashi, Tetsu Nagano, JP 4 2
Toya, Matsumi Nagano, JP 8 193

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