Patent ID: 7297550

Claim:
A disposable, single-use holder support for a sample container assembly for treating biological samples in cytocentrifuges, the sample container assembly being a unitary disposable plastic body comprising, as arranged in a mounting position in a cytocentrifuge, a vertical flat supporting base for supporting by insertion thereof in said holder support the sample container assembly in an upright position upon mounting of the sample container assembly in the cytocentrifuge, a wall protruding at right angles from said supporting base, at least one funnel supported by the wall and provided in a lower region thereof with a corresponding horizontal connection channel extending along said wall and away from and perpendicularly to said supporting base between the lower region of the funnel and the supporting base, a slide, and a filtering card, the disposable holder support being formed from a single element made of molded plastic material that is suitable to be detachably connected with the sample container assembly and comprising: a flat supporting body provided with edges that protrude therefrom so as to form a seat adapted to accommodate said slide, filtering card and supporting base of the sample container assembly; clamp means provided at said edges for detachably accommodating and retaining, in succession, the slide, the filtering card and the supporting base of the sample container; and a transverse pivot protruding from said supporting body for fixing the support to a cytocentrifuge, said supporting body, clamp means and transverse pivot of the holder support forming a monolithic structure of plastic material.