Patent ID: 7922986

Claim:
A reagent cup device comprising: a frame part having a frame part wall defining an outer boundary for the reagent cup device and an interior thereof, the frame part having a plurality of individually spaced reagent cup compartments, each reagent cup compartment having a first end and a second end, and each reagent cup compartment holding a reagent cup, each reagent cup having an open end and an inner surface at least part of which is coated with a chemical reagent, wherein the frame part wall and the reagent cup compartments are spaced apart; wherein a first breakable seal covers the first end of each of the reagent cup compartments and a first end of the frame part, and a second breakable seal covers the second end of each of the reagent cup compartments and a second end of the frame part, and wherein a drying element is provided in a space defined between the reagent cup compartments within the interior of the reagent cup device.