Patent ID: 9592508
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A vessel for use with a pipette nozzle and a pipette tip, comprising: a body configured to accept and confine a sample, wherein the body comprises an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an open end; a cap engageable with the open end of the body, wherein upon engagement (i) the cap encompasses the open end of the body, or vice versa, and (ii) the cap encompasses in whole or in part the length of a passageway extending through the cap into the body; and a flexible material that extends across the passageway, wherein the flexible material has a slit or opening that is configured to prevent fluid from passing through the flexible material when the slit or opening is not traversed by the pipette tip, wherein the cap and the flexible material are separable from each other; wherein the cap is configured to simultaneously engage the body of the vessel and hold the flexible material to the body, wherein the cap has a proximal opening is sized to engage a side surface of the body and a distal opening is sized to engage the pipette nozzle, wherein the cap has a greater portion extending above the body of vessel and a lesser portion overlapping the body so as to space the distal opening apart from the flexible material.