Sandstone Diagnostics, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ag

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

Jon Epperson

Ulrich Y Schaff

Kirk Harmon

Laura Fredriksen

Greg Sommer

Jenq-Thun Li

Bhairavi Rajiv Parikh

Ali Rahimian

Gabriella Iacovetti

Eric Kendall

A cup used to receive, hold, measure and pour liquids, such a specimens, such as for a medical assay, is described. The cup comprises an open receiving upper chamber, two or more open sample-directing channels, and an open, calibrated and marked measuring column. When sitting on a level surface, fluid flows freely from the upper chamber through the sample-directing channels into the measuring column. A foot is under each fluid-directing channel. The base of the measuring column functions as an additional, such as a third, foot. Cups nest, with the two feet of the upper cup sitting into two sample-directing columns of lower cup. The measuring column and upper chamber taper to permit nesting. If the cup is tipped, it rests on two of three of: the two feet and the base of the measuring column, and a point on a lower perimeter of the upper chamber, such that fluid will not spill.

Sample cup

Centrifuge cartridge

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Livermore, CA, United States of America

Jon Epperson