Canister for inventorying susceptability test devices in an automated microbiological analyzer
AssigneeDade MicroScan Inc.
InventorsPeter Louis Gebrian, Allan Lee Cameron, Alan Christopher Mudd, Patrick Francis McDermott, Adrian Mark Thomas West
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Abstract
An elongate canister having a generally rectangular cross-section sized to house a plurality of antibiotic susceptibility test arrays stacked one atop another and maintained secure within an environmentally controlled inventory chamber in a random access microbiological analyzer.
Claims9
An elongate canister comprising a generally rectangular cross-section formed by two canister flat sides and two canister narrow sides, the flat sides being greater in dimension than the narrow sides, the sides extending between the top and bottom of the canister and having dimensions so that a generally rectangularly shaped interior is formed to house a plurality of antibiotic susceptibility test arrays stacked one atop another within the canister, the canister further comprising a number of internal ribs extending along the elongate height of the flat sides adapted to secure the test arrays within the canister.
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