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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Applicants:
Dolores M. Berger, Baltimore, MD (US);
Daretta A. Yursis, Parkton, MD (US);
William A. Nussbaumer, Timonium, MD (US);
Anne B. Brown, Seaford, NY (US);
Inventors:
Dolores M. Berger, Baltimore, MD (US);
Daretta A. Yursis, Parkton, MD (US);
William A. Nussbaumer, Timonium, MD (US);
Anne B. Brown, Seaford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q001/68 ; G01N001/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and composition for stabilizing clinical specimens (i.e., cells in biological samples) for transport and subsequent testing for diagnosis. The composition is specifically capable of maintaining nucleic acid in the cells intact for hybridization with oligonucleotide capture and detector probes.