Name: Momin Hajira Bano Abubakar

PRN No.: 2015017002713562

Center No. : 35254
T.Y.B.Sc. MLT
Topic : - Lab Instruments
 FLOW CYTOMETER

Uses:
Used for automated cell counting as in
total blood count, etc
 TISSUE BATH OR ORGAN BATH OR DALE’S
APPARATUS

Uses:
Used in full tissue experiments, for example using
guinea pig ileum mainly used in pharmacology for
application of drugs to these tissues.
 SAHLI’S HAEMOGLOBINOMETER

Uses:
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
 HAEMOCYTOMETER

Uses:
A microscope associated apparatus used for
manual counting of cells in body fluids like blood,
etc. including for sperm count.
 WINTROBE’S TUBE

Uses:
Used for ESR (Wintrobe’s Method), PCV,
Haematocit, etc.
 WESTERGEN’S TUBE AND ESR STAND

Uses:
Used for ESR (Westergen’s Method)
 MICROTROME

Uses:
Disposable plastic molds or embedding molds (Leukart’s
L Blocks) for tissue paraffin block making used to make
blocks of tissue for cutting into thin slices for microscopy
BLOCK HOLDER (In Histopathology)

Uses:
Used to hold the tissue blocks during cutting
 REFRIGERATED MICROTOME (Cryostat)

Uses:
Do-; a special type that is used during operations to
aid the surgeon in demarcating the diseased
(specially neoplasms) tissue.
 ROCKING MICROTOME

Uses:
Do-; a special type that is used during operations to
aid the surgeon in demarcating the diseased
(specially neoplasms) tissue.
 BASE SLEDGE MICROTOME

Uses:
Do-; a special type
 ULTRA MICROTOME

Uses:
Do-; a special type
 TISSUE SECTION FLOATING BATHS (in
histopathology)

Uses:
Used to spread the cut thin slices onto water using
surface tension from where it is placed onto glass
slides.
 RYLE’S TUBE OR NASOGASTRIC TUBE

Uses:
Used for nasogastric suction (or at times
inroduction of food and drugs).
 FNAC NEEDLES

Uses:
Used for fine needle aspiration of material from
inside the body; used for diagnostic examinations of
the cells hence obtained.
 TREPHINE BIOPSY NEEDLE

Uses:
Used for taking a biopsy from a deep hard
tissue like bone marrow (within a hard bone)
 SPIROMETER

Uses:
Used to test lung function
 MERCURY OR OTHER MANOMETERS

Uses:
Used to measure pressure of a fluid within a cavity
like the spinal canal, which is raised in certain
diseases.