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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2005
Applicants:

Gordon Bruce Collier, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;

John Allister Wood, Sittsville, CA;

Jason Andrew Macleod, Ottawa, CA;

William Charles Dicke, Aylmer, CA;

Attila Csaba Nemeth, Ottawa, CA;

Cary James Miller, Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:

Gordon Bruce Collier, Fitzroy Harbour, CA;

John Allister Wood, Sittsville, CA;

Jason Andrew MacLeod, Ottawa, CA;

William Charles Dicke, Aylmer, CA;

Attila Csaba Nemeth, Ottawa, CA;

Cary James Miller, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Abbott Point of Care Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 3/502769 (2013.01); B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0421 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to automated devices and methods for the extraction of nucleic acids from cells, the amplification of segments of nucleic acid and the detection of nucleic acids, all in a convenient and portable manner. The invention is particularly suited for use in point-of-care medical diagnostic testing.


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