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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Elke Helftenbein, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Elke Helftenbein, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
PreAnalytix GmbH, Hombrechtikon, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2005.12); C07H 21/00 (2005.12); G01N 1/00 (2005.12); G01N 21/00 (2005.12); C12M 1/00 (2005.12); C12M 3/00 (2005.12); A61B 5/00 (2005.12); A01N 1/02 (2005.12); B01L 3/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vessel for withdrawing blood, the vessel containing a solution which comprises a guanidinium salt, a buffer substance, a reducing agent, and/or a detergent as components. The vessel is particularly suited for withdrawing blood which is to be analyzed with respect to nucleic acids.