| Instrument |
Uses
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| Flow cytometer |
used for automated cell counting as in total blood count, differential count, etc.
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| Tissue bath or organ bath or Dale's apparatus |
used in full tissue experiments, for example using guinea pig ileum mainly used in pharmacology for application of drugs to these tissues.
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| Sahli Haemoglobinometer |
an old but rapid and simple method of hemoglobin estimation in the laboratories. Presently used in some places where sophisticated optical instruments are not available
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| Haemocytometer |
a microscope associated apparatus used for manual counting of cells in body fluids like blood, etc. including for sperm count
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| Wintrobe's tube |
used for ESR (Wintrobe's method), PCV, haematocrit, etc.
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| Westergren's tube and ESR stand |
used for ESR (Westergren's method)
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| Disposable plastic molds or embedding molds (Leukart's L blocks) for tissue paraffin block making w.r.t. Histopathology |
used to make blocks of tissue for cutting into thin slices for microscopy
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| Block holders (in histopathology) |
used to hold the tissue blocks during cutting
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| •Refrigerated microtome (cryostat) |
-do-; a special type that is used during operations to aid the surgeon in demarcating the diseased (specially neoplasms) tissue.
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| •Rocking microtome |
-do-; a special type
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| •Base sledge microtome |
-do-; a special type
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| •Ultra microtome |
-do-; a special type
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| Tissue section floating baths (in histopathology) |
used to spread the cut thin slices onto water using surface tension from where it is placed onto glass slides
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| Ryle's tube or nasogastric tube |
used for nasogastric suction (or at times introduction of food or drugs). video link
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| FNAC needles |
used for fine needle aspiration of material from inside the body; used for diagnostic examinations of the cells hence obtained; video link
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| Trephine biopsy needle[4] |
used for taking a biopsy from a deep hard tissue like bone marrow (within a hard bone)
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| Spirometer |
used to test lung function; video link
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| •Water-seal type |
-do-
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| •Douglas bag type |
-do-
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| Peak flow meter or peak expiatory flow rate meter |
used to test lung function by testing the rate at which the person can exhale; useful to diagnose COPD and asthma
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| Mercury or other manometers |
used to measure pressure of a fluid within a cavity like the spinal canal, which is raised in certain diseases
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| Electrocardiogra
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| Urinometer
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Estimation of specific gravity of urine.
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| Esbach's Albuminometer
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Quantitative analysis of albumin in urine sample.
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A hemocytometer
Spinal needles
Marrow puncture
Bone marrow biopsy needle
Rotary microtome
Electrical microtome
Base sledge microtome
Hypodermic needle
Intravenous cannula
Peak flow meter
Blood pressure monitor
Flexible endoscope
Urinometer
