Patent ID: 9550600
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B01L,B29D,B65D

Claim:
1. A vessel for carrying out chemical or biochemical reactions, said vessel comprising: a malleable or mouldable material, the vessel having one or more side walls and a closed base integral with said one or more side walls, the one or more side walls defining an upper portion and a lower portion of relatively smaller cross sectional area having a tapering profile, the upper portion having an opening; a reagent chamber in the lower portion; two or more projections located in an area of a junction between the upper and lower portions, said two or more projections extending into an interior of the vessel, generally laterally from said one or more side walls, wherein said projections are also integral with said side wall; and a freeze dried reagent retained within a region located below the projections, the projections forming a restraint that prevents the freeze dried reagent being displaced within the vessel or exiting through the opening in the upper portion.