Sample holder for analysis of solid biological samples
AssigneeGe Healthcare UK Limited
InventorsNina Moran, Michael John Smith, Geraint Seymour, Samantha Jane Ogden, Leonard Goren
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Abstract
A biological sample holder for holding a solid phase sample, including a handle, and a seal area suitable for being received in an opening of a sample receiving chamber of a cassette, mountable to a sample analysis instrument. The holder further includes a stem connected to the seal and a sample retainer connected to the stem for retaining solids in the retainer, the sample retainer including a perforated wall region for allowing fluids to pass through the wall but preventing the solid phase sample from passing through the wall.
Claims6
A biological sample holder for holding a solid phase sample, comprising:
- a handle having a proximal end and a distal end,
- a sealing cap region having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the sealing cap region is connected to the distal end of the handle, wherein the sealing cap region is suitable for being sealably received in or around an opening of a sample receiving chamber of a sample analysis instrument,
- a stem portion having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the stem portion is connected to the distal end of the sealing cap region, the stem portion being narrower in width than the handle or sealing cap region, and
- a sample retainer having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the sample retainer is connected to the distal end of the stem portion, wherein said sample retainer further comprises a perforated wall region allowing liquids and soluble reagents to pass through the perforated wall region and preventing a solid phase sample in the sample retainer from passing through the wall region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.