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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Jeffrey Jasperse, Newton, MA (US);
Normand Desmarais, Cumberland, RI (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present disclosure is a sample vessel for a holding a sample for analysis by a sample analyzer. The sample vessel includes a body that includes a bottom, an open top spaced from the bottom along a first axis, a side wall that extends from the open top to the bottom, and an interior chamber for holding a sample and that extends from the open top toward the bottom along the first axis. The body includes an opaque portion, a first translucent portion, and a second translucent portion spaced from the first translucent portion a distance that extends along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The first and second translucent portions are each disposed along the bottom of the body.