Retaining clip for reagent test slides
CA 2545702 C · Owner: Rich, Carl Russell · Inventors: Taylor, Haydn B.; Rich, Carl Russell; Lawrence, Jonathan William
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A retaining clip for retaining reagent test slides in a stacked arrangement is formed as a unitary member and has first second and third plates, each having , an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the first plate pivots towards the inner surface of the second plate and the inner surface of , the third plate also pivots such that the inner surfaces of the first and third plates at least partially face each other upon pivoting. The inner surfaces of the first and third plates are separated by a distance to accommodate the reagent test slides in a stacked arrangement. Alternatively the third and second plates can be fixed rigidly to each other with only the first …
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- Filed December 3, 2004 and granted May 12, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 3, 2024.
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