Sample preparation apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8327724
APP PUB NO 20100192706A1
SERIAL NO

12449855

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Apparatus for preparing a biological sample for PCR analysis has an inlet (4) for receiving the sample (15) and a sieve (13) through which the sample is forced by screwing down an inlet cap (16). A lysis solution between two rupturable seals (11 and 12) is effective to disrupt the cells of the sample and release nucleic acid. The apparatus is mounted releasably on a PCR machine (2) having a motor (2′) releasably coupled with a drive mechanism (3, 36,40) in the apparatus to effect a rotary and a vertical up and down movement of its components (30, 31, 32, 42). The apparatus has a transparent cuvette (5) and a needle (71) extending to the lower end of the cuvette, by which the prepared sample is dispensed to the cuvette for PCR analysis.

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SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITEDHEMEL HEMPSTEAD HERTFORDSHIRE HP2 7DE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Betley, Jason Lackford, GB 8 106
Boyes, Barry Edgewood, US 2 106
Czajka, John Walter Edgewood, US 4 127
Fairs, Michael Roy Kempston, GB 6 112
Fewster, Colin Abbotts Langley, GB 2 106
Ford, Thomas David Royston, GB 2 106
Green, Douglas Jason Edgewood, US 9 136
Harding, Piers Sebastian Buckworth, GB 15 209
Howard, Gary Stephen Swavesey, GB 7 211
Lewington, Jay Bisley, GB 7 131
Mawer, William Richard Welwyn, GB 3 117
Mills, Catherine London, GB 2 106
Volpe, Carmelo Cheshunt, GB 4 126

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