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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Frances S Ligler, Potomac, MD (US);
David a Stenger, Herndon, VA (US);
Jeff Erickson, Bethesda, MD (US);
Marie Archer, Alexandria, VA (US);
Frances S Ligler, Potomac, MD (US);
David A Stenger, Herndon, VA (US);
Jeff Erickson, Bethesda, MD (US);
Marie Archer, Alexandria, VA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus having within or as part of a housing; a sample port; a microarray port; a lysis module; a purification module for containing a solid phase for binding of oligonucleotides; a thermocycling module for containing a polymerase chain reaction; a fragmentation module; and a microarray module for holding a microarray and a liquid in contact with the microarray. The apparatus is configured to be coupled to a device for: pumping a liquid through, in order, the lysis, purification, thermocycling, fragmentation, and microarray modules; sonicating any contents of the lysis module; thermocycling the thermocycling module to perform the polymerase chain reaction; heating the fragmentation module to fragment any oligonucleotides contained therein; circulating a fluid over the surface of the microarray; and performing one or more washing or staining steps on the microarray.