Abstract 1. APPARATUS FOR THE SUCCESSIVE MIXING OF A SERIES OF SAMPLES WITH A REAGENT WITHOUT INTER-SAMPLE CONTAMINATION COMPRISING, ELONGATED TUBING MEANS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TUBING MEANS ALONG A PATH, MEANS DISPOSED ALONG SAID PATH FOR SUCCESSIVELY SEALING SAID TUBING MEANS AT SPACED POINTS THEREON TO FORM SUCCESSIVE, SPACED SEALED TUBING VOLUMES WHICH ARE ISOLATED EACH FROM THE OTHER, MEANS FOR PUNCTURING SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PREDETERMINED SAMPLE AND REAGENT QUANTITIES INTO SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES DURING THE FORMATION THEREOF AND THROUGH PUNCTURES DEFINED THEREIN TO RESULT IN SPACED TUBING MEANS VOLUMES EACH CONTAINING A SAMPLE-REAGENT MIXTURE, SAID TUBING MEANS MOVING MEANS AND SAID MEANS TO FORM SAID SPACED TUBING MEANS SEALS BEING COOPERATIVELY EFFECTIVE TO EXPAND SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES DURING THE FORMATION THEREOF WHEREBY SAID SAMPLE AND REAGENT QUANTITIES MAY BE DRAWN THEREINTO THROUGH SAID PUNCTURES DURING THE TUBING MEANS VOLUME FORMATION.
APPARATUS FOR THE SUCCESSIVE MIXING OF A SERIES OF SAMPLES WITH A REAGENT WITHOUT INTER-SAMPLE CONTAMINATION COMPRISING, ELONGATED TUBING MEANS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TUBING MEANS ALONG A PATH, MEANS DISPOSED ALONG SAID PATH FOR SUCCESSIVELY SEALING SAID TUBING MEANS AT SPACED POINTS THEREON TO FORM SUCCESSIVE, SPACED SEALED TUBING VOLUMES WHICH ARE ISOLATED EACH FROM THE OTHER, MEANS FOR PUNCTURING SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PREDETERMINED SAMPLE AND REAGENT QUANTITIES INTO SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES DURING THE FORMATION THEREOF AND THROUGH PUNCTURES DEFINED THEREIN TO RESULT IN SPACED TUBING MEANS VOLUMES EACH CONTAINING A SAMPLE-REAGENT MIXTURE, SAID TUBING MEANS MOVING MEANS AND SAID MEANS TO FORM SAID SPACED TUBING MEANS SEALS BEING COOPERATIVELY EFFECTIVE TO EXPAND SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES DURING THE FORMATION THEREOF WHEREBY SAID SAMPLE AND REAGENT QUANTITIES MAY BE DRAWN THEREINTO THROUGH SAID PUNCTURES DURING THE TUBING MEANS VOLUME FORMATION.
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APPARATUS FOR THE SUCCESSIVE MIXING OF A SERIES OF SAMPLES WITH A REAGENT WITHOUT INTER-SAMPLE CONTAMINATION COMPRISING, ELONGATED TUBING MEANS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TUBING MEANS ALONG A PATH, MEANS DISPOSED ALONG SAID PATH FOR SUCCESSIVELY SEALING SAID TUBING MEANS AT SPACED POINTS THEREON TO FORM SUCCESSIVE, SPACED SEALED TUBING VOLUMES WHICH ARE ISOLATED EACH FROM THE OTHER, MEANS FOR PUNCTURING SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PREDETERMINED SAMPLE AND REAGENT QUANTITIES INTO SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES DURING THE FORMATION THEREOF AND THROUGH PUNCTURES DEFINED THEREIN TO RESULT IN SPACED TUBING MEANS VOLUMES EACH CONTAINING A SAMPLE-REAGENT MIXTURE, SAID TUBING MEANS MOVING MEANS AND SAID MEANS TO FORM SAID SPACED TUBING MEANS SEALS BEING COOPERATIVELY EFFECTIVE TO EXPAND SAID TUBING MEANS VOLUMES DURING THE FORMATION THEREOF WHEREBY SAID SAMPLE AND REAGENT QUANTITIES MAY BE DRAWN THEREINTO THROUGH SAID PUNCTURES DURING THE TUBING MEANS VOLUME FORMATION.