| 摘要 |
A device for packaging a chip shaped carrier having an active surface which is adapted to be read by an electro-optical reading device, e.g. a surface which carries an array of DNA oligonucleids. The device comprises: a cartridge (12) having an opening (13) for receiving a liquid sample and including casing parts (14, 15); a casing part (14) having an inner surface (16) and outer surface (17), a first cavity (18) for receiving a chip shaped carrier (21), and means (22) which provide visual access to that first cavity and thereby to the active surface of the chip shaped carrier; a sealing frame (26) which is part of a casing part (14) and which is made of a compressible material, sealing frame (26) being connected to said bottom surface (23) of the first cavity (18); and a locking frame (31); the shape and dimensions of first cavity (18), chip shaped carrier (21), sealing frame (26), and locking frame (31) being so chosen that chip shaped carrier (21) fits into the space delimited by sealing frame (26)and a gap (27) which exists between sealing frame (26)and inclined side wall surfaces (24) of first cavity (18), and locking frame (31) is larger than gap (27), but locking frame (31) is however insertable into gap (27) by exerting pressure on locking frame (31) against casing part (14), that pressure causing a compression of sealing frame (26) and a corresponding pressure on a substantial part of the outer surface of the lateral periphery of chip shaped carrier (21), which outer surface is in contact with sealing frame (26) . <IMAGE> <IMAGE> |
