| 摘要 |
<p>A reusable seal assembly (12) for sealing a plurality of containers (15) arranged in close proximity to one another. The seal assembly (12) includes a subassembly comprising a pliable sealing component (21) having a plurality of spaced protrusions (26) positioned to seal openings (19) of the containers (15), and a substantially rigid supporting component (22) for supporting the sealing component (21) and for effecting the substantially simultaneous sealing of the openings (19) of the containers (15) by the plurality of protrusions (26) when the subassembly is mounted on the containers (15), and the substantially simultaneous withdrawal of the plurality of protrusions (26) from the openings (19) when the subassembly is removed from the containers (15). The seal assembly (12) also includes a shipping component (23) adapted to be mounted to the subassembly to strengthen the seal between the protrusions (26) and the containers (15) for use particularly during shipping of the containers (15) when rough treatment may be expected. The seal assembly (12) of the present invention is particularly designed to seal multi-vial, multi-dose reagent packs for clinical analyzer apparatus, and also includes a surface (42) thereon for carrying indicia (43) to identify a seal assembly (12) with its particular reagent pack.</p> |
