Patent ID: 9274028
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A61B,B01L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A sample holder comprising: a vessel having a top with a top opening, a bottom with a bottom opening, an interior space arranged to hold a sample and accessible through the top opening, and a stop in the interior space; a cap arranged to sealingly engage with the top of the vessel to close the top opening; a piston disposed in the interior space and arranged to move from the stop at a lower portion of the interior space to an upper portion of the interior space to push a sample toward the top opening, the piston arranged to be moved in the interior space by a pushing tool inserted into the bottom opening, the piston and stop being arranged to limit movement of the piston toward the bottom of the vessel, the piston being arranged for removal from the interior space through the top opening; and a shoulder on an outer surface of the vessel between the bottom and the top, wherein a portion of the cap is arranged to function as the pushing tool.