Thermal Tube Rack for Use With a Thermally Controllable Agitation Device

Abstract

A tube rack for use with a thermally controllable agitation device is provided. The tube rack comprises a frame including a top frame portion and a bottom frame portion in a stacked arrangement, each of the top frame portion and the bottom frame portion including a plurality of sidewalls defining an inner volume, and each of the top frame portion and the bottom frame portion including one or more members having an array of openings formed therein configured to receive and retain specimen tubes therein. The tube rack also comprises an insert retained within the frame at a bottom end thereof, the insert comprising a flat bottom surface and a top surface that includes a plurality of wells formed therein configured to receive a rounded bottom end of the specimen tubes. The frame is formed of a thermally insulating material and the insert is formed of a thermally conducting material.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.