EP0114056B1 - Sample stand - Google Patents

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EP0114056B1
EP0114056B1 EP84100172A EP84100172A EP0114056B1 EP 0114056 B1 EP0114056 B1 EP 0114056B1 EP 84100172 A EP84100172 A EP 84100172A EP 84100172 A EP84100172 A EP 84100172A EP 0114056 B1 EP0114056 B1 EP 0114056B1
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Bernhard Bouchée
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/50Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes
    • B01L3/508Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes rigid containers not provided for above
    • B01L3/5085Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes rigid containers not provided for above for multiple samples, e.g. microtitration plates
    • B01L3/50855Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes rigid containers not provided for above for multiple samples, e.g. microtitration plates using modular assemblies of strips or of individual wells
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/50Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes
    • B01L3/508Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes rigid containers not provided for above
    • B01L3/5085Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes rigid containers not provided for above for multiple samples, e.g. microtitration plates

Abstract

Apparatus for collecting test samples including a support plate and a plurality of integrally connected vessels, which are supported by the support plate. The support plate includes an upper surface having a predetermined number of recesses aligned in at least one row. The internal dimensional configuration of one of the recesses in each of the rows is different from the configuration characteristic of the remainder of the recesses in the row. The recess with the different internal dimensional configuration is asymmetrically disposed along each of the rows. The vessels from at least one line and the number of vessels in each line is equivalent to the predetermined number of recesses in one of the rows. The base of the vessels has a shape corresponding to the internal dimensional configuration of an opposing recess, such that the base of one of the vessels in each line is different from the remainder of vessels in the same line. Each line of vessels is capable of being positioned within a corresponding one of the rows in only one sequence.

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Gegenstand der Erfindung ist ein Probensammler, bestehend aus einer Kassette, die mit in Reihe angeordneten, zylinderförmigen Ausnehmungen versehen ist, und aus zu Streifen aufgereihten, je einen Standring aufweisenden Probengefässen.The invention relates to a sample collector, consisting of a cassette which is provided with cylindrical recesses arranged in series, and of sample vessels lined up in strips, each having a base ring.

Aus der US-A 3 905 772 ist ein aus einer Kassette mit in Reihe angeordneten, zylinderförmigen Ausnehmungen und aus zu Streifen aufgereihten Probengefässen bestehender Probensammler bekannt. Bei diesem Probensammler sind an zusammenzufügenden Teilen Kodierrasten vorgesehen, um das Zusammenfügen nur in einer vorherbestimmten Art zuzulassen.US-A 3 905 772 discloses a sample collector consisting of a cassette with cylindrical recesses arranged in series and of sample containers lined up in strips. In this sample collector, coding catches are provided on parts to be joined, in order to permit joining only in a predetermined manner.

Es soll sichergestellt werden, dass zu Streifen aufgereihte Probengefässe, die zur Behandlung oder Untersuchung der Proben der Kassette des Probensammlers entnommen werden müssen, jeweils zwangsläufig in gleicher Reihenfolge in die Kassetten zurückgesetzt werden, um Vertauschungen der Proben zu vermeiden.It is to be ensured that sample containers lined up in strips, which must be removed from the sample collector's cassette for the treatment or examination of the samples, must always be put back into the cassettes in the same order in order to prevent the samples from being mixed up.

Der Probensammler ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in jeder Reihe eine der Ausnehmungen eine von den übrigen abweichende Form aufweist und nicht als mittlere Ausnehmung in der Reihe angeordnet ist und dass die Streifen je ein Probengefäss besitzen, das im Streifen in gleicher Weise wie die abweichende Ausnehmung in der Reihe angeordnet ist und dessen Boden geometrisch der Form der abweichenden Ausnehmung entspricht.The sample collector is characterized in that in each row one of the recesses has a shape that differs from the rest and is not arranged as a central recess in the row and that the strips each have a sample container that is in the strip in the same way as the different recess in the row is arranged and its bottom corresponds geometrically to the shape of the different recess.

In einer besonderen Ausführungsform sind in jeder Reihe der Kassette fünf Ausnehmungen angeordnet und werden die Streifen aus fünf Probengefässen gebildet.In a special embodiment, five recesses are arranged in each row of the cassette and the strips are formed from five sample vessels.

Die geometrische Form der abweichenden Ausnehmungen kann halbkugelförmig, pyramidenförmig, kubisch usw. sein. Entsprechend muss der Boden des im Streifen angeordneten, zugeordneten Probengefässes ausgebildet sein.The geometric shape of the different recesses can be hemispherical, pyramid-shaped, cubic, etc. The bottom of the assigned sample vessel arranged in the strip must be designed accordingly.

Die Erfindung wird im folgenden an Hand von lediglich einen Ausführungsweg darstellenden Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Figur 1 zeigt zu einem Streifen aufgereihte Probengefässe, die mit einem Steg jeweils verbunden sind, teilweise geschnitten in Seitenansicht. Figur 2 zeigt den Schnitt 11-11 der Figur 1. Figur 3 zeigt die Draufsicht auf einen Streifen aus Probengefässen. Figur 4 zeigt die Kassette zur Aufnahme der Probengefässe geschnitten. Figuren 1a bis 3a zeigen eine Variante der Streifen von Probengefässen gemäss Figuren 1 bis 3.The invention is explained in more detail below with the aid of drawings which illustrate only one embodiment. FIG. 1 shows sample vessels lined up in a strip, each of which is connected to a web, partly in a side view. Figure 2 shows the section 11-11 of Figure 1. Figure 3 shows the top view of a strip of sample vessels. Figure 4 shows the cassette cut for receiving the sample vessels. FIGS. 1a to 3a show a variant of the strips of sample vessels according to FIGS. 1 to 3.

Der Probensammler besteht aus der Kassette 1 und den Probengefässen 2. Die Probengefässe 2 sind zu Streifen 3 aufgereiht; jeder Streifen 3 kann eine beliebige Anzahl grösser zwei von Probengefässen 2 enthalten, vorzugsweise fünf. Die Kassette 1 weist zylinderförmige Ausnehmungen 4 auf, die jeweils in Reihen 5 angeordnet sind. In jeder Reihe 5 befindet sich eine Ausnehmung 6 in asymmetrischer Anordnung (d.h. nicht in der Position der mittleren Ausnehmung), die mit ihrer geometrischen Form von der Form der übrigen Ausnehmungen der Reihe abweicht. Die Probengefässe 2 sind jeweils mit einem Standring 7 versehen. Nur einem Probengefäss 2 des Streifens 3 fehlt der Standring 7, wodurch die Form seines Bodenteils 8 sich von der Bodenform der übrigen Probengefässe 2 unterscheidet. Die einzelnen Probengefässe sind durch einfache Stege 9 bzw. durch Doppelstege 10 miteinander verbunden und bilden so jeweils einen Streifen 3.The sample collector consists of the cassette 1 and the sample vessels 2. The sample vessels 2 are lined up in strips 3; each strip 3 can contain any number greater than two of sample vessels 2, preferably five. The cassette 1 has cylindrical recesses 4, which are each arranged in rows 5. In each row 5 there is a recess 6 in an asymmetrical arrangement (i.e. not in the position of the central recess), which differs with its geometric shape from the shape of the other recesses in the row. The sample vessels 2 are each provided with a base ring 7. Only one sample vessel 2 of the strip 3 lacks the base ring 7, as a result of which the shape of its base part 8 differs from the base shape of the other sample vessels 2. The individual sample vessels are connected to one another by simple webs 9 or by double webs 10 and thus each form a strip 3.

Claims (2)

1. A sample collector in the form of a cassette (1) having cylindrical recesses (4, 6) arranged in rows and sample vessels (2), having rings (7) for standing, which are linked together in strips (3), which comprises one of the recesses (4, 6) in each row (5) having a shape differing from the others and being not located as concentric recess in the row (5), and wherein the strips (3) each having one sample vessel (2) which is located in the strip (3) in the same manner as the differing recess in the row (5) and the base (8) of which corresponds geometrically to the shape of the differing recess (6).
2. Sample collector as claimed in claim 1, wherein five recesses (4, 6) are arranged in each row (5) of the cassette (1) and wherein the strips (3) being formed of five sample vessels (2).
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