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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Gen-probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Byron J. Knight, San Diego, CA (US);
Vincent Chabot, San Diego, CA (US);
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An insert for a liquid-holding container may include a body comprising a wall, an open top end and a bottom end, and a generally tubular lumen extending from the open top end to the open bottom end. The insert may include a plurality of first openings formed in the wall, the first openings being situated between the top and bottom ends, wherein each of the plurality of first openings defines an area, and wherein the plurality of first openings have substantially the same dimensions. The insert may include one or more second openings formed in the wall, the one or more second openings being situated between the top and bottom ends, wherein each of the one or more second openings defines an area that is greater than the area defined by any of the first openings, wherein the one or more second openings have substantially the same dimensions.