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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Timothy S. Moore, Newtown, CT (US);
Cullen Thomas Moore, Newtown, CT (US);
Timothy S. Moore, Newtown, CT (US);
Cullen Thomas Moore, Newtown, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
In embodiments there is described a method for reducing false positives and negatives in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in suspected patients using mass spectroscopy employing the steps of mixing samples of collected saliva and nasopharyngeal secretions in a single sample container; adding universal transport medium to the mixed samples in said single sample container; transporting the single sample container at a temperature above 0° C. to a remote location; deactivation of viral content of the mixed sample; protein digestion of the mixed sample; concomitant separation of peptides, ionization by mass spectroscopy of the separated peptides, and comparison of peptide patterns to known SARS-CoV-2 peptides. Also set forth in an embodiment is a collection container for collecting saliva and/or sputum, as well as a swab member, with universal transport medium and/or virus inactivating agent housed in separate compartment communicable with sample compartment through a one-way valve.