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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1995
William C MersKelly, Xenia, OH (US);
David Y Phelps, Louisville, KY (US);
Louisville Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a biological specimen and incubation container having a cylindrically shaped housing having a closed first end and an open second end. A plug, having a longitudinal bore therethrough, is anchored into a first position at the open end of the container. The container may then be supplied, via a pipette, through that bore in the plug. When the container is filled, the plug may be pushed further into the container, where it is squeezed by intermating tapered surfaces, to close the bore therein. An arrangement of annular lips and grooves in the container and the plug, anchors the plug to the container and ultimately seals and secures them together.