Patent ID: 9358542
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B01L,B03C,B66F

Claim Text:
1. A system for holding sample tubes, the system comprising: a top plate defining a first plurality of holes, each of the first plurality of holes being a through hole through the top plate and sized for accommodating an outer diameter of a respective sample tube; a bottom plate defining a second plurality of holes, each of the second plurality of holes sized to accommodate a tip of a respective sample tube, wherein the first and second pluralities of holes are positioned to cooperatively hold the sample tubes in a pair of parallel rows; a pair of end plates to which the top and bottom plates are attached at opposing ends, and that hold the top and bottom plates in spaced-apart relation; and a removable magnet holder configured to slide between the top plate and the bottom plate and between the two rows of sample tubes, the magnet holder holding a plurality of magnets that, when the magnet holder is fully inserted between the rows of sample tubes, align with the sample tubes in the parallel rows; wherein a first of the two endplates defines an opening through which the magnet holder slides when the magnet holder is inserted between the rows of sample tubes.