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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
Georg Werner Arras, Reichelsheim, DE;
Reinhold Kraemer, Peissenberg, DE;
Klaus Oswald, Riedstadt, DE;
Stephan Sattler, Starnberg, DE;
Gottfried Senftner, Lampertheim, DE;
Markus Winkenbach, Bürstadt, DE;
Georg Werner Arras, Reichelsheim, DE;
Reinhold Kraemer, Peissenberg, DE;
Klaus Oswald, Riedstadt, DE;
Stephan Sattler, Starnberg, DE;
Gottfried Senftner, Lampertheim, DE;
Markus Winkenbach, Bürstadt, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A reagent kit is provided comprising a plurality of containers with top-side openings, a common support structure or a plurality of support structures associated to the containers, and a plurality of caps. Each container and cap is mountable or provided on the common or the associated support structure, wherein each cap is formed essentially rectangular, having two shorter edges and two longer edges, and comprises: a cap body, a lid hinged to the cap body so to pivot around a pivot axis at least between closed and opened positions, the pivot axis being essentially parallel to the shorter edges. The containers and associated caps are arranged in a row along a connecting line such that the pivot axes are orthogonal to the connecting line. For at least one of the containers, an end portion of the cap body opposite to the pivot axis is not covered by the lid.