Smiths Detection-watford Limited

Colin Fewster

Douglas Jason Green

Gary Howard

Piers Sebastian Harding

Jay Lewington

William Richard Mawer

John Walter Czajka

Carmelo Volpe

Thomas David Ford

Catherine Mills

Michael Roy Fairs

Barry Boyes

Jason Betley

Apparatus for preparing a biological sample for PCR analysis has an inlet () for receiving the sample () and a sieve () through which the sample is forced by screwing down an inlet cap (). A lysis solution between two rupturable seals (and) is effective to disrupt the cells of the sample and release nucleic acid. The apparatus is mounted releasably on a PCR machine () having a motor () releasably coupled with a drive mechanism () in the apparatus to effect a rotary and a vertical up and down movement of its components (). The apparatus has a transparent cuvette () and a needle () extending to the lower end of the cuvette, by which the prepared sample is dispensed to the cuvette for PCR analysis.

Sample preparation apparatus

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Abbotts Langley, United Kingdom

Colin Fewster