[특허]Sample carrier having releasable locking mechanism

Gen Probe Incorporated

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Sample carrier having releasable locking mechanism

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	B01L-009/00
미국특허분류(USC)	422/104; 422/099; 422/102; 211/074
출원번호	US-0439456 (2003-05-16)
발명자 / 주소	Aviles,Robert C. Talmer,Mark A. Sevigny,Gerard J. Webb,Matthew W. Tseo,Gus G.
출원인 / 주소	Gen Probe Incorporated
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 18 인용 특허 : 105

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A sample carrier comprising a frame and one or more sample tube receiving structures pivotally connected to the frame. Each sample tube receiving structure includes a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member having a plurality of aligned apertures sized to receive sample tubes therethrough. The sample tube receiving structures can be releasably locked relative to a support wall of the frame, thereby substantially immobilizing sample tubes that are held by the sample carrier.

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We claim: 1. A sample carrier comprising: a frame comprising a base and a support wall joined to the base; and one or more sample tube receiving structures positioned above the base and adjacent the support wall, each sample tube receiving structure comprising a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member in fixed relationship above the bottom member, the top member having a plurality of aligned apertures, each aperture being sized to receive a sample tube therethrough; one or more hinges joining each sample tube receiving structure to the frame and permitting the sample tube receiving structures to pivot relative to the support wall; and means for releasably locking the sample tube receiving structures relative to the support wall. 2. The sample carrier of claim 1, wherein the sample carrier comprises a pair of the sample tube receiving structures separated by the support wall. 3. The sample carrier of claim 2, wherein the top member of each sample tube receiving structure includes an upwardly extending outer edge to facilitate handling of the sample carrier and to minimize user contact with sample tubes held by the sample carrier. 4. The sample carrier of claim 3, wherein the outer edge of the top member of each sample tube receiving structure includes a plurality of recesses, and wherein one of the recesses is adjacent each of the apertures to facilitate manual manipulation of the sample tubes. 5. The sample carrier of claim 1 further comprising one or more springs, each spring extending outwardly from a side wall of the support wall adjacent one of the sample tube receiving structures. 6. The sample carrier of claim 5, wherein each spring is comprised of an elastomeric material. 7. The sample carrier of claim 5 further comprising a plurality of sleeves, wherein each sleeve at least partially circumscribes one of the apertures and depends from a bottom surface of the top member to a top surface of the bottom member, wherein each sleeve is dimensioned to receive a sample tube therein, and wherein each sleeve has an opening formed therein which is dimensioned to receive at least a portion of one of the springs therethrough when the sample tube receiving structures are locked relative to the support wall. 8. The sample carrier of claim 7, wherein the one or more springs comprise a plurality of springs, each spring being adjacent the opening formed in one of the sleeves. 9. The sample carrier of claim 7 further comprising a slot formed in each sleeve, each slot being constructed and arranged to permit viewing or scanning of a machine readable label affixed to a sample tube present in the corresponding sleeve. 10. The sample carrier of claim 9, wherein the slot and the opening of each sleeve are constructed and arranged to permit viewing or scanning of a machine readable label affixed to one of the side walls of the support wall when a sample tube is not present in the corresponding sleeve. 11. The sample carrier of claim 1 further comprising a top wall joined to the support wall, wherein the top wall extends laterally over a portion of each aperture in the top member of each sample tube receiving structure when the sample tube receiving structures are locked relative to the support wall, thereby impeding vertical movement of sample tubes present in the sample tube receiving structures. 12. The sample carrier of claim 1 further comprising one or more fins extending upward from the top wall for maintaining the sample carrier under a drip shield during automated pipetting of a sample from a sample tube present in one of the sample tube receiving structures. 13. The sample carrier of claim 1 further comprising one or more sample tubes held by the sample tube receiving structures, wherein each sample tube receiving structures is constructed and arranged so that the longitudinal axis of a cap component of each sample tube held thereby is no more than about 0.125 inches from the longitudinal axis of the corresponding aperture. 14. The sample carrier of claim 1 further comprising one or more sample tubes held by the sample tube receiving structures, wherein each sample tube held by the sample tube receiving structures has a substantially vertical orientation when the sample tube receiving structures are locked relative to the support wall. 15. The sample carrier of claim 1, wherein the sample carrier has an arcuate shape. 16. A sample carrier comprising: a frame comprising a base and a support wall joined to the base; one or more sample tube receiving structures positioned above the base and adjacent the support wall, each sample tube receiving structure comprising a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member in fixed relationship above the bottom member, the top member having a plurality of aligned apertures, each aperture being sized to receive a sample tube therethrough; one or more hinges joining each sample tube receiving structure to the frame and permitting the sample tube receiving structures to pivot relative to the support wall; one or more springs, each spring extending outwardly from a side wall of the support wall adjacent one of the sample tube receiving structures; and a latch mechanism for releasably locking the sample tube receiving structures relative to the support wall. 17. The sample carrier of claim 16 further comprising a plurality of sleeves, wherein each sleeve at least partially circumscribes one of the apertures and depends from a bottom surface of the top member to a top surface of the bottom member, wherein each sleeve is dimensioned to receive a sample tube therein, and wherein each sleeve has an opening formed therein which is dimensioned to receive at least a portion of one of the springs therethrough when the sample tube receiving structures are locked relative to the support wall. 18. The sample carrier of claim 17, wherein the one or more springs comprise a plurality of springs, each spring being adjacent the opening formed in one of the sleeves. 19. The sample carrier of claim 16, wherein each hinge comprises: a hinge point extending upwardly from a top surface of the base and having a fixed and generally transversely oriented pin extending therethrough; and a hinge clasp extending inwardly from the bottom member of each of the sample tube receiving structures, wherein the hinge clasp comprises a side wall having a through-hole sized to receive an end of the pin, and wherein the hinge clasp is constructed and arranged to permit the associated sample tube receiving structure to pivot relative to the support wall when the pin is inserted into the through-hole. 20. The sample carrier of claim 19, wherein the sample carrier comprises two of the hinges and one of the sample tube receiving structures, and wherein an end of each of the pins is inserted into the through-hole of a different one of the hinge clasps to permit the associated sample tube receiving structure to pivot relative to the support wall. 21. The sample carrier of claim 19, wherein the sample carrier comprises two of the hinges and a pair of the sample tube receiving structures separated by the support wall, wherein outer ends of the pins are fitted into the through-holes of the hinge clasps associated with one of the sample tube receiving structures and inner ends of the pins are fitted into the through-holes of the hinge clasps associated with the other of the sample tube receiving structures, thereby permitting the sample tube receiving structures to pivot independently relative to the support wall. 22. A sample carrier comprising: a frame comprising: a base; a support wall joined to the base; and a top wall joined to the support wall; one or more sample tube receiving structures positioned above the base and adjacent the support wall, each sample tube receiving structure comprising a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member in fixed relationship above the bottom member, the top member having a plurality of aligned apertures, each aperture being sized to receive a sample tube therethrough; one or more hinges joining each sample tube receiving structure to the frame and permitting the sample tube receiving structures to pivot relative to the support wall; one or more springs, each spring extending outwardly from a side wall of the support wall adjacent one of the sample tube receiving structures; a latch comprising: a handle; one or more first registration elements corresponding to and engaged by one or more second registration elements present in or contained on a top surface of the support wall positioned below and spaced-apart from the top wall, wherein the first and second registration elements are constructed and arranged to permit downward movement of the handle, and wherein the top wall has a slot positioned above the top surface of the support wall and through which at least a portion of the handle extends when the top wall is joined to the support wall; and a transverse structure interposed between and connecting the handle and the first registration elements, wherein the transverse structure and opposed inner walls of the support wall are constructed and arranged so that the transverse structure is in sliding engagement with the support wall; and one or more clasps extending from surfaces of the sample tube receiving structures opposed to the support wall, each clasp being constructed and arranged to operatively engage the transverse structure, so that the latch is forced downward as the sample tube receiving structures are pivoted inward toward the support wall, wherein the clasps and the transverse structure assume an interlocking relationship when the sample tube receiving structures obtain substantially parallel orientations relative to the support wall. 23. The sample carrier of claim 22, wherein the sample carrier comprises a pair of the sample tube receiving structures separated by the support wall. 24. The sample carrier of claim 22 further comprising a plurality of sleeves, wherein each sleeve at least partially circumscribes one of the apertures and depends from a bottom surface of the top member to a top surface of the bottom member, wherein each sleeve is dimensioned to receive a sample tube therein, and wherein each sleeve has an opening formed therein which is dimensioned to receive at least a portion of one of the springs therethrough when the sample tube receiving structures are locked relative to the support wall. 25. The sample carrier of claim 24, wherein the one or more springs comprise a plurality of springs, each spring being adjacent the opening formed in one of the sleeves. 26. The sample carrier of claim 22, wherein: the first registration elements comprise a pair of guide rods depending from the transverse structure, wherein a coil spring is disposed on each guide rod between a bottom surface of the transverse structure and the top surface of the support wall; and the second registration elements comprise a pair of corresponding holes in the top surface of the support wall which are constructed and arranged to receive distal ends of the guide rods when the top wall is joined to the support wall. 27. The sample carrier of claim 25 further comprising a pair of the clasps. 28. The sample carrier of claim 27, wherein each clasp extends inwardly from the top member and has a flat top surface and a downwardly sloped bottom surface, wherein the sloped bottom surface terminates substantially at a vertical surface depending from a flat bottom surface of each clasp, wherein the sloped bottom surfaces are pivotally aligned with beveled sections of a top surface of the transverse structure opposite recesses in the transverse structure which are configured to accommodate the clasps when the vertical surfaces of the clasps are in touching contact with opposed inner surfaces of the recesses, thereby locking the sample tube receiving structures in substantially parallel orientations relative to the support wall. 29. The sample carrier of claim 28, wherein the transverse structure includes extensions or end tabs fitted into corresponding slots in opposed inner walls of the support wall, thereby permitting sliding movement of the transverse structure relative to the support wall. 30. A sample carrier comprising: a frame comprising: a base; a support wall joined to the base; and a top wall joined to the support wall; a latch comprising: a handle; one or more first registration elements corresponding to and engaged by one or more second registration elements present in or contained on a top surface of the support wall positioned below and spaced-apart from the top wall, wherein the first and second registration elements are constructed and arranged to permit downward movement of the handle, and wherein the top wall has a slot positioned above the top surface of the support wall and through which at least a portion of the handle extends when the top wall is joined to the support wall; and a transverse structure interposed between and connecting the handle and the first registration elements, wherein the transverse structure and opposed inner walls of the support wall are constructed and arranged so that the transverse structure is in sliding engagement with the support wall; one or more sample tube receiving structures positioned above the base and adjacent the support wall, each sample tube receiving structure comprising: a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes; a top member positioned in fixed relationship above the bottom member, the top member having a plurality of aligned apertures, each aperture being adapted to receive a sample tube therethrough; a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve at least partially circumscribing one of the apertures and depending from a bottom surface of the top member to the top surface of the bottom member, wherein each sleeve is dimensioned to receive a sample tube therein; and one or more clasps extending from surfaces of the sample tube receiving structures opposed to the support wall, each clasp being constructed and arranged to operatively engage the transverse structure, so that the latch is forced downward as the sample tube receiving structures are pivoted inward toward the support wall, wherein the clasps and the transverse structure assume an interlocking relationship when the sample tube receiving structures obtain substantially parallel orientations relative to the support wall; one or more hinges joining each sample tube receiving structure to the frame and permitting the sample tube receiving structures to pivot relative to the support wall; and one or more springs, each spring extending outwardly from a side wall of the support wall adjacent one of the sample tube receiving structures and juxtaposed with an opening formed in the corresponding sleeve, wherein the opening of each sleeve is dimensioned to receive at least a portion of one of the springs therethrough, such that the springs are biased against sample tubes present in the sample tube receiving structures when the sample tube receiving structures are locked in substantially parallel orientations relative to the support wall. 31. The sample carrier of claim 30, wherein the sample carrier comprises a pair of the sample tube receiving structures separated by the support wall. 32. The sample carrier of claim 30, wherein the one or more springs comprise a plurality of springs, each spring being adjacent the opening formed in one of the sleeves.

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