US 11,786,907 B2
Column tube holder for improved-accuracy assays
Christopher Robert Sedlak, Framingham, MA (US); Joseph Charles Sedlak, Cambridge, MA (US); Laura Teresa Bortolin, Newtonville, MA (US); and Daniel Parker Salem, Somerville, MA (US)
Assigned to MERCY BIOANALYTICS, INC., Natick, MA (US)
Filed by Mercy BioAnalytics, Inc., Natick, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,259.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,817, filed on Nov. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161265 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 9/06 (2006.01); A47F 7/28 (2006.01); A47F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 9/06 (2013.01) [A47F 7/0028 (2013.01); A47F 7/283 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A column tube holder comprising:
a first side rail extending vertically;
a second side rail extending vertically;
a first rack extending horizontally between the first side rail and the second side rail, the first rack comprising a first plurality of holes;
a second rack extending horizontally between the first side rail and the second side rail, the second rack disposed below the first rack, the second rack comprising a second plurality of holes;
a third rack extending horizontally between the first side rail and the second side rail, the third rack disposed below the second rack, the third rack comprising a third plurality of holes, each hole of the third plurality of holes vertically aligning with a hole of each of the first and second pluralities of holes, the second and third racks defining a vertical distance through which liquid drops may fall along a vertical path; and
at least one pair of sidewalls extending vertically between the second rack and the third rack, each sidewall of the at least one pair of sidewalls being positioned between the first side rail and the second side rail, each sidewall not extending above the second rack or below the third rack;
wherein a first sidewall of the at least one pair of sidewalls is disposed on the opposite side of a hole of the third plurality of holes from a second sidewall of the at least one pair of sidewalls,
wherein the column tube holder comprises at least one of a conductive material, an anti-static material, and a static dissipative material.