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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Bruce C. Haywood, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Jamieson William Maclean Crawford, New York, NY (US);
Bradley M. Wilkinson, North Haledon, NJ (US);
Bruce C. Haywood, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Jamieson William Maclean Crawford, New York, NY (US);
Bradley M. Wilkinson, North Haledon, NJ (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A container assembly for storing, treating, transporting and stabilizing a biological sample includes a container, a cap and a sample holder removably received in the container. The sample holder can be a platform-like device dimensioned to be supported on a ledge formed in the side wall of the container. The sample holder includes a central cavity for receiving the sample and immersing the sample in the stabilizing agent in the container. In another embodiment, the sample holder has a closure member for closing the open top end of the cavity. The container includes a liquid reagent in an amount sufficient to treat the biological sample. The biological sample is retained in a predetermined containment area of the container to maintain the biological sample immersed in the reagent without regard to the orientation of the container.