Article for biological analysis
AssigneeBiomerieux
InventorsAgathe Farge, Denis Januel
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to the field of analysis, for example biological analysis. More specifically, the present invention relates to an article, especially for biological analysis, the article including: a first sheet, a second sheet, superimposed on the first sheet, the first and second sheets being joined on all of their sides in order to form a sealed package, at least one analysis device, placed inside the package, a rigid desiccation device, also constituting a device perforating the first or second sheet of the package, in order to access the analysis device, and one of the first and second sheets contains a notch which constitutes a preferential folding area.
Claims17
An article for biological analysis, comprising:
- a first sheet;
- a second sheet, superimposed on said first sheet, said first and second sheets being joined on all of their sides in order to form a sealed package;
- at least one analysis device, placed inside said package;
- and
- rigid desiccation means, also constituting a means of perforating the first or second sheet of said package, in order to access the analysis device, wherein
- one of said first and second sheets contains a notch which constitutes a preferential folding area;
- and
- said notch is in direct contact with said rigid desiccation means at least during folding of the package at the preferential folding area.
An article for biological analysis, comprising:
- a first sheet;
- a second sheet having sides joined to sides of the first sheet to form a sealed package;
- at least one analysis device inside of the sealed package;
- a rigid desiccation member within the package that is configured to perforate the first or second sheet of the package in order to provide access to the analysis device;
- and
- a notch on the first or second sheet that constitutes a preferential folding area,
- wherein the notch is in direct contact with said rigid desiccation member at least during folding of the package at the preferential folding area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.