Patent ID: 8631950
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A sample tube holder adapted to hold at least one sample tube, the sample tube holder having a generally flat elongate flexible body and: one or more of sets of apertures wherein each aperture is an oval defined by two opposed first circular arcs each with a first radius, with centre points of the first circular arcs offset from a lengthwise centre line of the aperture, and with the ends of the first circular arcs being joined by two curved sections, each aperture having a length dimension and a width dimension perpendicular to the length dimension, in the body, each set having two or more apertures arranged in a line such that each set of apertures defines at least one inner portion between adjacent apertures of the set and at least one outer portion adjacent each aperture at the end of the line extending away from the respective inner portion, whereby in use, a sample tube is passed through the apertures of a single set so that the at least one of the inner portion lies to one side of the sample tube and adjacent portions lie on the other side of the sample tube, thereby sandwiching and engaging the sample tube between the portions and holding the sample tube to the sample tube holder.