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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Michael Roy Fairs, Kempston, GB;
Thomas David Ford, Royston, GB;
Piers Sebastian Harding, Buckworth, GB;
Gary Stephen Howard, Swavesey, GB;
Barry Boyes, Edgewood, MD (US);
John Walter Czajka, Edgewood, MD (US);
Douglas Jason Green, Edgewood, MD (US);
Jay Lewington, Bisley, GB;
Carmelo Volpe, Cheshunt, GB;
Colin Fewster, Abbotts Langley, GB;
Jason Betley, Lackford, GB;
Catherine Mills, London, GB;
William Richard Mawer, Welwyn, GB;
Michael Roy Fairs, Kempston, GB;
Thomas David Ford, Royston, GB;
Piers Sebastian Harding, Buckworth, GB;
Gary Stephen Howard, Swavesey, GB;
Barry Boyes, Edgewood, MD (US);
John Walter Czajka, Edgewood, MD (US);
Douglas Jason Green, Edgewood, MD (US);
Jay Lewington, Bisley, GB;
Carmelo Volpe, Cheshunt, GB;
Colin Fewster, Abbotts Langley, GB;
Jason Betley, Lackford, GB;
Catherine Mills, London, GB;
William Richard Mawer, Welwyn, GB;
Smiths Detection-Watford Limited, Watford, GB;
Abstract
Apparatus for preparing a biological sample for PCR analysis has an inlet () for receiving the sample () and a sieve () through which the sample is forced by screwing down an inlet cap (). A lysis solution between two rupturable seals (and) is effective to disrupt the cells of the sample and release nucleic acid. The apparatus is mounted releasably on a PCR machine () having a motor () releasably coupled with a drive mechanism () in the apparatus to effect a rotary and a vertical up and down movement of its components (). The apparatus has a transparent cuvette () and a needle () extending to the lower end of the cuvette, by which the prepared sample is dispensed to the cuvette for PCR analysis.