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Self aliquoting sample storage plate

  • US 7,354,774 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2003
  • Issued: 04/08/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of dispensing a sample into a storage unit having a plurality of receptacles, said method comprising the steps of:

  • adding a sample to a dispensing unit, said dispensing unit including;

    a lower plate (26) having a plurality of access ports therethrough, wherein at least one of said access ports is in fluid communication with a tubular microtube (32) extending from, and having a longitudinal axis disposed transversely to, said lower plate; and

    an upper plate (28) releasably attached to said lower plate, said upper plate including a sample port extending therethrough for supplying a sample to said dispensing unit, wherein said sample port is located spaced from, so as to not overlie, at least a portion of said access ports;

    wherein a liquid flow path is defined between, and generally parallel to, said upper and lower plates to permit communication between said sample port and said access ports; and

    creating a temperature generated vacuum in said receptacles of said storage unit to dispense an aliquot of said sample into each of said receptacles.

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