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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Heike Euting, Bocholt, DE;
Guido Hennig, Köln, DE;
Alexandre Izmailov, Ontario, CA;
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for purification of nucleic acids, to a kit for performing the method according to the invention and to a new application of magnetic particles for purification of a biological sample. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: a) accommodating of the sample in a first sample vessel in an aqueous solution and lysing of the sample under non-chaotropic conditions; suspending of first magnetic particles in the solution and inserting of the first sample vessel in a sample vessel holder, wherein the sample vessel is inserted in the annular interior space of a ring magnet associated with the sample vessel holder; separating of the solution from the magnetic particles; and isolating of the nucleic acids from the solution.