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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Dtil Ireland Holdings Limited, Dublin, IE;
Hiroyuki Onishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Masato Kayahara, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryusuke Furuya, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Mukaiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Michael Cooney, County Clare, IE;
Marcus O'Neill, County Clare, IE;
Sean O'Mahony, County Clare, IE;
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
DTIL Ireland Holdings Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An embodiment of a reagent container includes a bottle with a pipe to reduce the effects of reagent sloshing. The bottle has an elongated base and an opposed cover connected by side walls and an end wall. A flat platform surrounded by a raised rim lies in the base opposite an opening in the cover. A ribbed pipe frictionally fits within the bottle opening and may attach to the anchor region leaving vent passages around the pipe. The pipe includes an aperture adjacent to the anchor region and oriented toward the end wall so that sloshed fluid has only a small effect on the level of reagent in the pipe during transfers. A modified blow molding process produces the anchor region by extending a pin a predetermined distance into a mold while the molded material is still plastic.