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US 2004/0166524 A1Published application
Method and device for purifying nucleic acids
OwnerThomas Walterinventor
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Abstract
A devise for isolating nucleic acids which reduces the transfer of contaminants during nucleic acid isolation methods which is composed of two vessels which are linked by a closing element in which a material that binds nucleic acids is placed. The nucleic acid can for example be bound to the material by tipping the device.
Claims4
A device for isolating nucleic acids from a sample comprising:
- (a) a first vessel, capable of holding the sample, having an opening,
- (b) a closing element comprising a nucleic-acid-binding, liquid-permeable material, wherein the closing element comprises means for attaching the closing element to a second vessel on a side facing away from the first vessel, and
- (c) a second vessel capable of applying an underpressure.
A method of testing a nucleic acid sample comprising:
- (a) transferring a sample from a first vessel through a nucleic acid binding, liquid-permeable material to a second vessel;
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- (b) testing the sample, wherein the first vessel has an opening, the second vessel is capable of applying an underpressure, the first vessel is attached to a closing element, the second vessel is connected to the closing element on a side facing away from the first vessel, and the closing element comprises the nucleic-acid-binding, liquid-permeable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.