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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Alpha-tec Systems, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Richard O. Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mark Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);
John Kempke, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Alpha-Tec Systems, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/4077 (2013.01); B01L 3/5021 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2200/141 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0832 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0457 (2013.01); G01N 1/02 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4088 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a closed apparatus for collection, filtration and concentration of biological samples, such as fecal material. The sample is collected with an integrated sample collection device which introduces the sample into a transport liquid in a sample collection tube which couples to a filter unit coupled to a processing tube containing a processing liquid. The apparatus may be introduced into a centrifuge for centrifugal filtration.