Two-piece reagent container assembly
US5152965A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/00673
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An assembly of containers is provided for efficient and controlled storage of a reagent and subsequent mixing of the reagent with a reagent diluent. The assembly includes a reagent diluent container and a sealed reagent vial. An adapter assembly includes a coupler having one end mountable to the reagent diluent container and having the opposed end defining a hollow plunger. A retainer ring has one end mountable to the coupler and the opposed end mountable to the reagent vial. The reagent vial is engageable with the coupler in a first position and is advanceable into a second position relative to the adapter assembly such that the hollow plunger thereof displaces the seal of the reagent vial permitting the reagent in the reagent vial to flow through the hollow plunger to mix with a buffer or diluent in the reagent diluent container.
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