Patent ID: 6513673
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An apparatus for holding a biological specimen, the apparatus comprising:a base having a perforated bottom member and a plurality of endwalls depending upward from the bottom member, said upward depending endwalls being joined to define a lower well, the base having a lower compartment wall depending upwards from the bottom member at a predetermined position to divide said lower well into at least two lower sections; and a cover that is movably attached to said base, said cover having a perforated top member and a plurality of endwalls depending downward from the top member, said downward depending endwalls being joined to define an upper well, the cover having an upper compartment wall depending downward from the top member, the position of the upper compartment wall being a mirror image of said lower compartment wall to divide said upper well into at least two upper sections corresponding to said two lower sections so that when the cover closes over the base one of said two lower sections and its corresponding one of said two upper sections form a primary compartment and the other of said two lower sections and its corresponding other of said two upper sections form a secondary compartment.