Patent ID: 7367454
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. In an apparatus for receiving a plurality of elongate vials, each vial having a longitudinal length and an outer maximum diameter, the improvement comprising: a single piece insert having a planar base defined by a wall with a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of integrally formed, parallel, elongate ridges extending outwardly in a forward direction with respect to the front surface of the planar base and extending in transversely spaced relationship with respect to one another to define a vial-receiving slot in the front surface between each pair of adjacent ridges, each of the plurality of vial-receiving slots located forward of the planar base and located between each pair of adjacent ridges, the elongate ridges spaced transversely from one another by a distance permitting an interference fit of vials to be located therebetween, the elongate ridges extending along a substantial portion of vials to be received therein, the plurality of elongate ridges including at least two rows of elongate ridges, each row of elongate ridges spaced longitudinally from one another and separated by a flat portion of the wall of the insert, the flat portion of the wall located coplanar with the planar base.