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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Laura T. Bortolin, Devens, MA (US);
Lalitha Parameswaran, Burlington, MA (US);
James Harper, Boston, MA (US);
Johanna Bobrow, Somerville, MA (US);
Mark A. Hollis, Concord, MA (US);
Drew Chapman Brown, Towson, MD (US);
Eric Scott Clasen, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
John Calvin Schmidt, Baltimore, MD (US);
Laura T. Bortolin, Devens, MA (US);
Lalitha Parameswaran, Burlington, MA (US);
James Harper, Boston, MA (US);
Johanna Bobrow, Somerville, MA (US);
Mark A. Hollis, Concord, MA (US);
Drew Chapman Brown, Towson, MD (US);
Eric Scott Clasen, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
John Calvin Schmidt, Baltimore, MD (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Smiths Detection-Edgewood, Inc., Edgewood, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for preparing a nucleic acid component of a sample for amplification includes a porous support having an agent that deactivates a nucleic acid amplification inhibitor component of the sample. The apparatus further includes a housing with an opening and defining an interior. The interior of the housing is in fluid communication with the porous support, and at least a portion of a fluid directed through the opening is directed through at least a portion of the porous support. The apparatus also includes a magnetic substrate for separating nucleic acid from a sample.