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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiomara Linnette Madero, Glendale, CA (US);
Imran R Malik, Pasadena, CA (US);
Erika F Garcia, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Axel Scherer, Barnard, VT (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/75 (2006.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01); F17D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/1017 (2013.01); F17D 3/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/75 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8593 (2015.04);
Abstract
Methods and devices for biological sample preparation and analysis are disclosed. A device may have a circular arrangement of containers, with a connecting structure such as a disk. Fluidics channels between containers allow the performance of different techniques for sample preparation, such as lysing, washing and elution. The device may be pen-shaped and have a sample drawing needle connected to the containers.