US 12,453,970 B2
Sample vessel having a cavity for accommodating a sample
Jens Eberhardt, Gera (DE); Constantin Nelep, Clamart (FR); and Gerd Bornmann, Weimar (DE)
Assigned to Sartorius Automated Lab Solutions GmbH, Jena (DE)
Filed by Sartorius Automated Lab Solutions GmbH, Jena (DE)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,590.
Application 17/369,590 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/050149, filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 100 256.7 (DE), filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0331157 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/5085 (2013.01) [B01L 3/0293 (2013.01); B01L 2200/026 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0893 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0896 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); B01L 2400/049 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample vessel comprising:
a sample vessel body defining a central cavity, wherein said cavity is arranged to receive and immobilize a single cell and to this end includes:
a first opening for introducing said single cell, whereas said opening is of a round or a hexagonal cross-section that in size matches said single cell;
said sample vessel body having a bottom opposite said first opening;
said sample vessel body further defining two additional openings on two opposing edges of said first opening of the cavity;
wherein said two additional openings each open to outside of said cavity on a side of the cavity opposite said bottom; and,
wherein said two additional openings are smaller in diameter than said single cell.