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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
James Hal Godsey, Tucson, AZ (US);
Emmett Brown, Dickerson, MD (US);
Jay Srinivasan, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bandele Jeffrey-coker, Darnestown, MD (US);
Jon Willoughby, Potomac, MD (US);
James Hal Godsey, Tucson, AZ (US);
Emmett Brown, Dickerson, MD (US);
Jay Srinivasan, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bandele Jeffrey-Coker, Darnestown, MD (US);
Jon Willoughby, Potomac, MD (US);
Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an automated sample processing system that can receive samples in different first and second formats and process both sample formats. The disclosure also provides a human papillomavirus testing apparatus. The apparatus has a first input to receive first test specimens in the form of pre-processed cervical samples, and a second input to receive unprocessed cervical samples. A first subsystem prepares second test specimens from the unprocessed cervical samples, and a second subsystem selectively processes and tests first specimens, second test specimens, or first and second test specimens to determine the presence of one or more human papillomavirus indicators.