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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
Jason A. A. West, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Kyle W. Hukari, San Ramon, CA (US);
Kamlesh D. Patel, Dublin, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Peterson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Ronald F. Renzi, Tracy, CA (US);
Jason A. A. West, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Kyle W. Hukari, San Ramon, CA (US);
Kamlesh D. Patel, Dublin, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Peterson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Ronald F. Renzi, Tracy, CA (US);
Sandia National Laboratories, Liverpool, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for thermally lysing of biological material, for example vegetative bacterial cells and bacterial spores, are provided. Hot solution methods for solubilizing bacterial spores are described. Systems for direct analysis are disclosed including thermal lysers coupled to sample preparation stations. Integrated systems capable of performing sample lysis, labeling and protein fingerprint analysis of biological material, for example, vegetative bacterial cells, bacterial spores and viruses are provided.