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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Marc N. Feiglin, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Marc N. Feiglin, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
TECAN TRADING AG, Mannedorf, CH;
Abstract
Relates to a collection/extraction container () for collecting solid forensic samples () and/or for extracting biological material from these solid forensic samples () and its use. The container () has a top opening () for the insertion of a solid forensic sample (). The container () comprises a basket () and an essentially horizontal intermediate floor () for the retention of the solid forensic sample () during digestion/lysis and extraction, the intermediate floor () being permeable to fluids and dividing the inner chamber () into an upper sample space () and a lower fluid space (). The container according to the invention is characterized in that is comprises an essentially vertical channel (), which is accomplished to allow a pipetting needle () to be inserted through the sample space () and into the fluid space () in that the channel () has a top orifice () that is situated nearby a top opening () of the container () and in that the channel () penetrates the intermediate floor () in a bottom orifice (), wherein the container () also comprises a partition wall () that at least partially surrounds the channel () and that separates the latter from the upper sample space ().