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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2022
Gen-probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Byron J. Knight, San Diego, CA (US);
David A. Buse, San Diego, CA (US);
Norbert D. Hagen, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David Opalsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Tyler Moore, Campbell, CA (US);
Anita Prasad, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Bruce Richardson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A cap and a processing vial configured for interlocking engagement. The processing vial includes a locking collar surrounding an open upper end of the processing vial with lateral through holes formed through the locking collar. The vial also includes a latch hook located above each through hole. The cap includes a latch collar extending about a lower portion of the cap, where the latch collar is configured to snap in beneath the latch hooks of the processing vial when the lower portion of the cap is inserted into the open upper end of the processing vial to lock the cap to the processing vial.