Sample storage device

A sample storage device comprising:

• a storage chamber having an opening;
• paired rail sections separated from each other in a separating direction, and extending in an extending direction from the opening toward a depth of the storage chamber;
• an antenna array substrate extending between the paired rail sections, and positioned in a direction perpendicular to the separating direction and the extending direction with respect to the paired rail sections, the antenna array substrate having a plurality of antennas arranged in the extending direction and the separating direction;
• paired slide sections separated from each other in the separating direction, and positioned opposite to the antenna array substrate with respect to the paired rail sections, so as to be slidable in the extending direction relative to the paired rail sections, respectively;
• a support plate disposed to the paired slide sections so as to extend between the paired slide sections, the support plate being transparent to radio waves;
• and
• a storage box containable a plurality of containers each holding a sample and a radio tag, the storage box to be set on the support plate such that radio waves can be transmitted between the radio tag and corresponding one of the plurality of antennas.