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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2009
Frederic Zenhausern, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Ralf Lenigk, Chandler, AZ (US);
James Kinder, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jianing Yang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Frederic Zenhausern, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Ralf Lenigk, Chandler, AZ (US);
James Kinder, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jianing Yang, Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for collecting samples using hybrid porous materials that include an organic material and an inorganic material. A method for sample collection includes contacting a hybrid porous material and a biological sample to the porous material. The hybrid porous material includes an inorganic material and an organic material. The method includes placing the porous material with the attached sample in a liquid medium, wherein the sample is separated from the porous material in the liquid medium to form a separated sample, and collecting the separated sample in the medium.