Food certification system
AssigneeSwissdecode SA
InventorsStefano Varricchio, Adrian Breitenmoser, Cylia Rochat, Fabien Frery, Gianpaolo Rando
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Abstract
A food certificate system comprising a certificate generation server, at least one reader comprising a control unit configured to operate a DNA test procedure and communicate with the certificate generation server via a global computer network, and a single-use capsule insertable in the reader in a detection position for analyzing DNA characteristics of a food sample contained in the capsule and transmission of the DNA measurement results to the certificate generation server.
Claims20
A single-use capsule for nucleic acid testing of a food sample, the capsule comprising
- a housing,
- a homogenizing chamber in the housing for receiving a food sample,
- a blender within the homogenizing chamber, the blender comprising a pluggable coupling for coupling to a complementary pluggable coupling of a motor of a reader,
- reagent containers mounted in the housing, the reagent containers containing reagents for a DNA amplification process hermetically sealed therein prior to use of the capsule,
- a fluid distribution base having liquid pumps and pneumatic inlets couplable sealingly to pneumatic outlets of a reader for operation of the liquid pumps, the fluid distribution base coupled to the housing for mixing and distributing the reagents and extracts of the food sample, and
- reaction chambers coupled to the fluid distribution base in an irremovable manner.
A food certificate system comprising:
- a certificate generation server,
- at least one reader comprising a control unit configured to operate a DNA test procedure and communicate with the certificate generation server via a global computer network, and
- a single-use capsule according to any of the preceding claims insertable in the reader in a detection position for analyzing DNA characteristics of the food sample contained in the capsule and transmission of the DNA measurement results to the certificate generation server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.