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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Hugh V Cottingham, Caldwell, NJ (US);
Allen Reichler, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Peter Bourdelle, Glen Rock, PA (US);
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing a biological process and is particularly useful for processes which include amplicon decontamination and nucleic acid amplification steps. The apparatus includes a sample well for introduction and removal of a liquid biological sample, at least one reaction chamber containing dried reagents in fluid communication with the sample well, a pneumatic chamber in pneumatic communication with the reaction chamber and sample well, and a pneumatic port in the pneumatic chamber for connection of the apparatus to a pneumatic aspiration/dispensing means which causes the flow of the liquid sample within the apparatus.