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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Ross Bryan Goldman, Scarborough, ME (US);
David Edward Townsend, Falmouth, ME (US);
Kenneth E. Smith, Saco, ME (US);
Kathleen R. Mccarthy, Buxton, ME (US);
Ross Bryan Goldman, Scarborough, ME (US);
David Edward Townsend, Falmouth, ME (US);
Kenneth E. Smith, Saco, ME (US);
Kathleen R. McCarthy, Buxton, ME (US);
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
An article for holding a liquefied sample for the quantification of biological material in the sample includes a device having a reaction chamber enclosing a volume therein, the reaction chamber having an upper opening through which a liquefied sample can be poured and a plurality of discrete non-permeable compartments, each of the compartments having an upper rim and being configured and dimensioned to hold separate aliquots of a liquefied sample therein; and a gasket lid removably secured to the top of the device, the gasket lid being configured and dimensioned for sealing the upper rim of each compartment to prevent liquid communication between the compartments.