US 12,343,726 B2
Packaging for multiplexed assays
Yihong Claire Lu, Gaithersburg, MD (US); and Pankaj Oberoi, Rockville, MD (US)
Assigned to Meso Scale Technologies, LLC., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed by MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,677.
Application 18/237,677 is a continuation of application No. 16/570,309, filed on Sep. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,772,098.
Application 16/570,309 is a continuation of application No. 14/847,381, filed on Sep. 8, 2015, granted, now 10,413,904, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/047,144, filed on Sep. 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042447 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6804 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6816 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6876 (2018.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/50853 (2013.01) [C12Q 1/6804 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6816 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6876 (2013.01); G01N 33/54306 (2013.01); G01N 33/54353 (2013.01); G01N 33/6845 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/043 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); G01N 2458/10 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of preparing containers in a package comprising:
(a) providing an integral assembly of spaced containers comprising an alignment element and a plurality of spaced containers;
(b) providing a receptacle holder comprising (i) a top surface and a top surface support; (ii) a plurality of receptacles positioned on the top surface and configured to receive the integral assembly of spaced containers; and (iii) a fluid reservoir; and
(c) positioning the integral assembly of spaced containers each within a respective receptacle, wherein a plurality of openings in the receptacle holder correspond to the configuration of the plurality of spaced containers arranged in an aligned series, wherein the integral assembly of spaced containers is fitted to the plurality of openings in the receptacle holder, wherein each of the spaced containers has at a first end an opening that is larger than each of the plurality of openings in the receptacle holder and at a second end at least a substantial portion of a protrusion which extends into one of the plurality of openings.