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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
Drew Chapman Brown, Towson, MD (US);
Carrie Lynn Holmes, Bel Air, MD (US);
Eric Scott Clasen, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Richard Karl Pallo, New Hope, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Rello, Harleysville, PA (US);
Lisa Miller, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Tiffany Howland, Pasadena, MD (US);
Drew Chapman Brown, Towson, MD (US);
Carrie Lynn Holmes, Bel Air, MD (US);
Eric Scott Clasen, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Richard Karl Pallo, New Hope, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Rello, Harleysville, PA (US);
Lisa Miller, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Tiffany Howland, Pasadena, MD (US);
Smiths Detection Inc., Edgewood, MD (US);
Abstract
A simplified Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) sample preparation apparatus and method of using a PCR sample preparation for both liquid and dry samples. A portable apparatus comprising a handle removably attached to a wand assembly. The handle includes a cover and a swab with an absorbent material. The wand assembly includes a buffer container for a buffer that is ruptured by a spike when the holder is inserted into the wand assembly. The apparatus may include a waste container removably attached to a tube comprising a plunger, a safety clip to prevent the plunger from depressing, and a port for introduction of a liquid sample. A filter on the waste container collects a specimen of the liquid sample for preparation as described above.