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US 2014/0273185 A1Published application
Tactical and Portable PCR/HRM Genome Identification System
AssigneeSRC, Inc.
InventorsZachary J. Dineen, David B. Knaebel
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a Polymerase Chain Reaction and High Resolution Melt genetic identification system, and, more specifically, to a tactical and portable Polymerase Chain Reaction and High Resolution Melt genetic analysis and identification system that is configured to determine and communicate analysis and identification results and a tiered confidence/alert level related to the analysis and identification results.
Claims10
A tactical and portable PCR and HMR genetic analysis and identification system comprising:
- a PCR/HRM module encompassed within a ruggedized enclosure, wherein said PCR/HRM module is structured and configured to perform PCR amplification and an HRM analysis on unknown DNA samples in the field;
- a computer processor encompassed within the ruggedized enclosure, interconnected to said PCR/HRM module, and programmed to compare the results of the PCR amplification and an HRM analysis on at least one unknown DNA sample by the PCR/HRM module to known control DNA samples, assign a probability of a match to one of the known control DNA samples, and to assign a confidence level to the DNA sample based on the probability of a match to the known control DNA.
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