Patent ID: 6440371
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B01F,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A reagent package comprising,a) a container having a chamber for a first liquid ingredient, said container having a lid with an opening to said chamber, and a valve on said lid for controlling the opening to said chamber; b) a cylindrical screen member in said chamber, said screen member having one end that is open and aligned with said valve controlled opening, c) a frangible ampoule containing a second ingredient, said ampoule being located in said chamber adjacent said screen member, and d) a predetermined portion of said container proximate said ampoule being formed of a resilient distortable material to enable said container to be externally squeezed at said predetermined portion to break the ampoule to permit mixing of the first and second ingredients in said chamber, the mixed ingredients being removable from the chamber from within the confines of said screen member through said valve controlled opening.