US 12,013,409 B2
Disposal container for testing apparatus and testing apparatus
Nobuya Tamura, Kobe (JP); Hiroki Koike, Kobe (JP); and Toru Nishikawa, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed by SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/093,736.
Application 17/093,736 is a continuation of application No. 15/362,940, filed on Nov. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,866,255.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-234276 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0055319 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 35/02 (2006.01); B65D 3/28 (2006.01); B65D 25/14 (2006.01); B65D 25/34 (2006.01); B65D 25/54 (2006.01); B65D 43/14 (2006.01); B65F 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/021 (2013.01) [B65D 3/28 (2013.01); B65D 25/14 (2013.01); B65D 25/34 (2013.01); B65D 25/54 (2013.01); B65D 43/14 (2013.01); B65F 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 35/00029 (2013.01); G01N 35/1002 (2013.01); G01N 21/8483 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0498 (2013.01); G01N 35/1004 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for collecting waste of a testing apparatus for testing a biological sample, comprising:
providing the testing apparatus with a disposal container having a first opening at an upper portion and a second opening on a side wall;
collecting, by the disposal container, a used test piece that is dropped from the testing apparatus through the first opening; and
collecting, by the disposal container, liquid waste from the testing apparatus through a discharge pipe inserted in the second opening.