Patent ID: 8648719
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: B01L,G01F

Abstract:
1. A container unit for transportation, storage and protection of a laboratory substance, comprising: a protective housing, comprising a bottom part with at least one recess and a top that selectively connects to the bottom part to form a gas tight sealed interior space surrounding the recess; a chamber for receiving a treatment agent, formed in at least one of the bottom part or in the top of the protective housing and separate from the interior space; a passage opening, directed towards the interior space and connecting the chamber thereto; a dosage-dispensing unit, sized and adapted to be selectively seated in a stable manner in the recess of the interior space with the top and bottom part connected, the dosage dispensing unit comprising a reservoir container in which the laboratory substance is contained and a dispensing head having an outlet opening that selectively retains the laboratory substance in the reservoir container, such that the dosage-dispensing unit is separated from the protective housing to dispense the laboratory substance; and on the protective housing, at least one of a gas connector port and a vacuum connector port, wherein each connector port, whether for gas or vacuum, is connected to a check valve, so that a gas atmosphere or a sub-ambient atmospheric pressure can be repeatedly established in the interior space.