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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag, Basel, CH;
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC., Little Falls, NJ (US);
Abstract
Sample handling system for handling samples contained in tubes (), each tube () having a hollow body, a closed bottom and an open top for accessing the sample contained in the tube (). The system comprises a micro-plate () comprising at least one grid insert () having a plurality of compartments. Each compartment comprises one or more side walls laterally confining a through-hole for receiving a said tube (). The through-hole has a top opening and a bottom opening and extends between the top opening and the bottom opening. A frame () to which the at least one separate grid insert () is to be attached to form the micro-plate (). The frame () laterally confines a through-opening which is dimensioned to allow for accessing each compartment () of the attached at least one grid insert () from above and from below. This allows for moving such tube () into and out of each compartment () through each of the top opening () and the bottom opening () of the through-hole ().