Handling package of cuvettes
AssigneeThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
InventorsVesa Nuotio, Juhani Makunen
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Abstract
Automatic analyzers, in which the liquids to be analyzed are in so-called reaction vessels, simultaneously acting as optically high-quality cuvettes (10), are used in laboratories for analyzing various liquids. Further described is a handling package for cuvettes (10). A removable bonding strip (100) is fastened on the rows of cuvettes (10), the strip (100) binding the rows of cuvettes (10) during transport, and being easily removable when the cuvettes (10) are loaded into the instrument. The cuvettes (10) are loaded into the instrument by supporting the package in its place from the brackets (24) located in the ends of the cuvettes (10), so that the strip (100) can be pulled off the supported package of cuvettes (10).
Claims18
A handling package of a plurality of cuvettes, the package comprising:
- a plurality of cuvettes, each of the cuvettes being formed by a plurality of reaction vessels, the reaction vessels being joined by intermediate walls between the reaction vessels, and
- a strip adhered to a surface of the reaction vessels of each of the cuvettes such that the plurality of cuvettes are arranged in a row and joined together, the strip being configured such that, upon removal of the strip, the cuvettes are no longer joined together, and wherein each of the cuvettes has a bracket at opposite ends of the cuvette,
- wherein the bracket comprises two tabs and the tabs curve toward each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.