Patent ID: 9457349
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B01L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. Combination of a packaging cassette and reagent carriers contained therein, said reagent carriers comprising a test area with reactants immobilized thereon, and said packaging cassette comprising a one-piece base housing, the base housing having longitudinal sides, each of the longitudinal sides having a continuous guide groove extending in a longitudinal direction substantially the entire length of the base, the guide grooves are directly opposing each other and have the same structural shape, and the base is moveable via guide rails via automated loaders or automated analyzers, the base housing comprising connected adjacent side by side compartments each of which is configured to completely accommodate therein, sealingly against environmental influences, at least one reagent carrier, the compartments are separated from one another by partitions and are configured to be opened individually, each of the compartments having a respective sealing cover pivotably connected to said base housing by an individually associated hinge and configured to be separately and repeatedly resealable; said packaging cassette further comprising at least one separate desiccant reservoir adjacent said respective compartments and in communication via respective connecting holes with said compartments, said desiccant reservoir being provided in a depression impressed into a bottom of the base of the housing under said respective compartments; and wherein the desiccant reservoir is entirely formed by the impression.