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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Robert C. Aviles, Merrimack, NH (US);
Mark A. Talmer, West Ford, MA (US);
Gerard J. Sevigny, Nashua, NH (US);
Matthew W. Webb, Del Mar, CA (US);
Gus G. Tseo, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert C. Aviles, Merrimack, NH (US);
Mark A. Talmer, West Ford, MA (US);
Gerard J. Sevigny, Nashua, NH (US);
Matthew W. Webb, Del Mar, CA (US);
Gus G. Tseo, San Diego, CA (US);
Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A sample carrier comprising a frame and one or more sample tube receiving structures pivotally connected to the frame. Each sample tube receiving structure includes a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member having a plurality of aligned apertures sized to receive sample tubes therethrough. The sample tube receiving structures can be releasably locked relative to a support wall of the frame, thereby substantially immobilizing sample tubes that are held by the sample carrier.