Storage container for analytical devices
First Claim
1. A system for holding analytical devices, the system comprisinga storage container comprising a rigid material containing separate chambers in each of which at least one analytical device can be accommodated, wherein each of the chambers has at least two opposite openings each opening being sealed by a foil, wherein at least one of the chambers comprises a means for fixing the position of the analytical device in the chamber,the at least one analytical device formed to perforate the foil,a compact measuring instrument including functional components and formed to hold the storage container therein, andmeans for holding the storage container in the measuring instrument and for the removal of individual analytical devices from the storage container wherein the storage container is positioned relative to the functional components of the measuring instrument in order to remove the individual analytical device from the storage container.
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Abstract
A storage container for holding analytical devices, the storage container being made of a rigid material and containing separate chambers in each of which at most one analytical device can be accommodated, wherein the chambers are in a regular geometric arrangement in relation to one another and each of the chambers has at least two opposite openings each sealed by a foil, wherein at least one of the chambers comprises a means for fixing the position of an analytical device in the chamber. In addition the invention concerns a system for storing analytical devices containing a storage container according to the invention and two or more analytical devices.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for holding analytical devices, the system comprising
a storage container comprising a rigid material containing separate chambers in each of which at least one analytical device can be accommodated, wherein each of the chambers has at least two opposite openings each opening being sealed by a foil, wherein at least one of the chambers comprises a means for fixing the position of the analytical device in the chamber, the at least one analytical device formed to perforate the foil, a compact measuring instrument including functional components and formed to hold the storage container therein, and means for holding the storage container in the measuring instrument and for the removal of individual analytical devices from the storage container wherein the storage container is positioned relative to the functional components of the measuring instrument in order to remove the individual analytical device from the storage container.
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9. A system for storing analytical devices comprising
at least one storage container comprising a rigid material containing separate chambers in each of which at most one analytical device can be accommodated, wherein each of the chambers has at least two opposite openings each opening being sealed by a foil, the plurality of analytical devices formed to perforate the foil, a compact measuring instrument including functional components and which is suitable for holding at least one of the storage containers, and means for holding the storage container in the measuring instrument and for the removal of individual analytical devices from the storage container wherein the storage container is positioned relative to the functional components of the measuring instrument in order to remove the individual analytical device from the storage container and wherein at least one of the chambers comprises a partial constriction that is sized to bend the analytical device to create a bending strain of the analytical device against the rigid material.
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16. A system for holding analytical devices, the system comprising:
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a body having an upper side and an under side, the body being formed to include at least one chamber extending between the upper side and the under side, the chamber being defined by a chamber wall extending between a first opening at the upper side and a second opening at the under side, the chamber wall having a means for fixing the position of one analytical device in the chamber by bending the analytical device to create a bending strain of the analytical device against the chamber wall, a first foil extending across the upper side, the first foil being formed to seal the first opening, a second foil extending across the under side, the second foil being formed to seal the second opening, the analytical devices formed to perforate the first foil, a compact measuring instrument including functional components and formed to hold the body therein, and means for holding the storage container in the measuring instrument and for the removal of individual analytical devices from the storage container wherein the storage container is positioned relative to the functional components of the measuring instrument in order to remove the individual analytical device from the storage container. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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