Componente de pieza de inserción para recipiente de almacenamiento para elementos de prueba de biosensor

A component (14') for a storage container configured to receive vertically oriented articles. The component includes a tubular sidewall (64') extending longitudinally from a base, and at least one spacer portion extending from an underside of the base and configured for engagement with an interior surface of a corresponding storage container. The component also includes at least one pair of retainer elements (80) extending laterally from an inner surface of the tubular sidewall and inwardly into an interior region of the component, and with the retainer elements being oppositely oriented and configured to retain a vertically oriented article therebetween by frictional engagement with opposite longitudinal edges of the article. Each of the retainer elements (80) comprises a tip portion (82) sized and shaped to engage a corresponding one of the longitudinal edges of the article, and the retainer elements are sized and shaped for resilient deflection during insertion and removal of the article therebetween. The retainer elements are spaced apart to removably receive the article therebetween having a nominal width between the opposite longitudinal edges, and the retainer elements are adjustable relative to one another to define a variable separation distance or angular orientation therebetween for engagement with a different vertically oriented article defining a different nominal width between opposite longitudinal edges thereof, and wherein an insertion force for resilient deflection of the retainer elements during insertion of the article is less than a removal force for resilient deflection of the retainer elements during removal of the article.