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US 4,287,154 AGranted
Specimen transfer rack
OwnerPhilip B. Sommersinventor
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The rack is provided with means for supporting and temporarily holding in place the portion of a specimen analyzing device in which a plurality of biological or other fluid specimens to be analyzed is contained. The specimen containing portion of the analyzing device may take the form of a circular carousel with the specimen samples being contained in a plurality of holding tubes arranged equiangularly about the circumference of the carousel. The rack is provided with a plurality of bulk specimen tubes which are releasably held in the rack in a circular array about the carousel so that each bulk specimen tube is disposed radially opposite to a corresponding specimen holding tube in the carousel. In this manner, specimen samples may be transferred from the bulk specimen tubes to the specimen holding tubes without any confusion as to which bulk tube is paired with which holding tube.
A specimen transfer rack for use in transferring fluid specimens from a plurality of bulk specimen tubes to a plurality of specimen receptacles carried on a part of a specimen analyzing instrument, said rack comprising:
A specimen transfer rack comprising:
In combination with a part of a specimen analyzing instrument which instrument part includes a generally circular member having a plurality of specimen receptacles equiangularly disposed about the periphery of said circular member, a specimen transfer rack having support means for releasably receiving and supporting said circular member, said specimen transfer rack further comprising a plurality of specimen tube supports disposed radially outwardly of and equiangularly about the periphery of said circular member, the number of specimen tube supports equalling the number of specimen receptacles with each of said specimen tube supports being disposed opposite to and paired with a respective one of said receptacles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.