Patent ID: 8182763
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B01L,B03C,C12N,F16K,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack, comprising: a housing comprising a plurality of vertical members and a horizontal member, wherein the horizontal member comprises four corners and defines a top of the rack, wherein the vertical members extend vertically downward from the top of the rack, and wherein the horizontal member further comprises a first vertical side, a second vertical side, and a plurality of slots, each slot defining an opening in the first vertical side and extending in a direction towards the second vertical side; a plurality of lanes in the housing, wherein each lane of the plurality of lanes comprises: a first location adjacent to the second vertical side, the first location configured to accept a sample tube; and a second location comprising one of the plurality of slots between the vertical members, the second location configured to accept a reagent holder comprising at least one reagent container and at least one process container, the housing configured to permit removal of the reagent holder from a lane without removing a sample tube from the lane; and a registration member complementary to a receiving bay of a diagnostic apparatus, the registration member comprising at least two vertically downward extending pegs affixed to a bottom side of the horizontal member, wherein the vertical downward extension of the pegs is less than the vertical downward extension of the vertical members, wherein the pegs are configured to fixedly orient the rack within the diagnostic apparatus, wherein the pegs are located at least two corners of the housing, and wherein no corner includes more than one peg.