Rack for Sample Tubes and Reagent Holders
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1. A rack, comprising:
- a housing;
a plurality of lanes in the housing, and wherein each lane of the plurality of lanes comprises;
a first location configured to accept a sample tube; and
a second location, configured to accept a reagent holder; and
a registration member complementary to a receiving bay of a diagnostic apparatus.
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Abstract
A rack for holding samples and various reagents, wherein the rack may be used for loading the samples and reagents prior to using the reagents. The rack accepts complementary reagent holders, each of which contain a set of reagents for carrying out a predetermined processing operation, such as preparing biological samples for amplifying and detecting polynucleotides extracted from the samples.
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1. A rack, comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of lanes in the housing, and wherein each lane of the plurality of lanes comprises; a first location configured to accept a sample tube; and a second location, configured to accept a reagent holder; and a registration member complementary to a receiving bay of a diagnostic apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A rack configured to receive a plurality of reagent holders, and to receive a plurality of sample tubes, wherein the reagent holders are in one-to-one correspondence with the sample tubes, and wherein the reagent holders each contain sufficient reagents to extract polynucleotides from the sample and place the polynucleotides into a PCR-ready form, and wherein the rack is configured to be insertable into, and removable from, an apparatus that carries out PCR on the PCR-ready polynucleotides.
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