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US 6,752,967 B2Granted
Stackable aliquot vessel array
AssigneeDade Behring Inc.
InventorsEdward Francis Farina, Samuel Garfield Ferguson, Jr.
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Abstract
An aliquot vessel array having notched side flanges and rails of a next adjacent so that a plurality of arrays may be attached one atop another in a secure stack. Stacked aliquot vessel arrays may be simultaneously loaded into a storage unit on an automatic analyzer and automatically dispensed into a sampling track as required. The aliquot vessel array has certain handling features to ensure safe and reliable movement between the storage unit and sampling tracks.
Claims13
An aliquot vessel array for containing a plurality of liquid patient samples in test wells, said array comprising:
- a base plate having an upper surface and a lower surface with a pair of mutually parallel side walls extending upwardly from the upper surface, the base plate having also having a zero-backlash hitch formed therein;
- a pair of parallel rails depending downwardly from the base plate, each parallel rail having a foot section at its lower extremity;
- and,
- an array of open test wells formed on the base plate extending upwardly therefrom and confined between the pair of parallel side walls,
- wherein the parallel side walls are attached to the array of open wells by a number of notched side flanges having a notch adapted to mate with the foot section of a rail.
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