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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Hendrik J. Viljoen, Lincoln, NE (US);
Scott E. Whitney, Lincoln, NE (US);
Joel R. Termaat, Lincoln, NE (US);
Matthew R. Kreifels, Omaha, NE (US);
Hendrik J. Viljoen, Lincoln, NE (US);
Scott E. Whitney, Lincoln, NE (US);
Joel R. TerMaat, Lincoln, NE (US);
Matthew R. Kreifels, Omaha, NE (US);
Streck, Inc., Lavista, NE (US);
Abstract
An improved tube including a closure portion, a strap integrally connected to the closure portion and being configured for defining a living hinge, a body portion having a longitudinal axis and an outer wall generally circumscribing the longitudinal axis, and being integrally and hingedly connected with the closure portion by way of the strap. The body portion including a sample portion being generally elongated along the longitudinal axis and being configured for elastic deformation along a portion of its length, including in a direction that is generally transverse to the longitudinal axis so that at least a portion of the wall structure compressively and resiliently deforms and engages a wall defining an opening in a sample block of a polymerase chain reaction amplification device, and the first outer wall dimension of the sample portion reduces to a smaller second outer wall dimension.