Patent ID: 8470267
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: B01L,B03C,G01N

Abstract:
1. An array of vessels suitable for containing liquid samples to be processed in an analyzer, said array comprising: (a) an upper part having a substantially cuboid shape and comprising compartments each having a bottom wall that comprises a first opening and a second opening; (b) a first row of vessels for receiving said samples, wherein each of the first row of vessels integrally extend from the first opening of the bottom wall of each of the compartments; and (c) a second row of vessels each adapted for receiving a pipetting tip, wherein each of the second row of vessels integrally extend from the second opening of the bottom wall of each of the compartments; wherein, each of said compartments comprise a back side wall and a front side wall each rising from the bottom wall, the front side wall being located in face of the back side wall, said compartments being separated from each other by dividing side walls which extend between the back side wall and the front side wall of each compartment wherein the first and the second openings of the bottom wall are not separated from each other by a wall which extends across the dividing side walls, and each of said front side walls having a central opening for passage of a tip of the pipetting tip from a position within the array of vessels to a position outside the array of vessels.