CA2480530A1 - Sample carrier having releasable locking mechanism - Google Patents

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CA2480530A1
CA2480530A1 CA002480530A CA2480530A CA2480530A1 CA 2480530 A1 CA2480530 A1 CA 2480530A1 CA 002480530 A CA002480530 A CA 002480530A CA 2480530 A CA2480530 A CA 2480530A CA 2480530 A1 CA2480530 A1 CA 2480530A1
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Robert C. Aviles
Mark A. Talmer
Gerard J. Sevigny
Matthew W. Webb
Gus G. Tseo
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Abstract

A sample carrier comprising a frame and one or more sample tube receiving structures pivotally connected to the frame. Each sample tube receiving structure includes a bottom member adapted to receive a plurality of sample tubes and a top member having a plurality of aligned apertures sized to receive sample tubes therethrough. The sample tube receiving structures can be releasably locked relative to a support wall of the frame, thereby substantially immobilizing sample tubes that are held by the sample carrier.
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