ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,884, issued on July 1, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).
"Sample preparation method and system" was invented by Matthias Jost (San Diego), Barbara L. Eaton (San Diego) and Ankur Shah (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of preparing a biological sample appropriate for use in a subsequent in vitro nucleic acid amplification reaction. A biological sample is combined with an alkaline composition that lyses cells and denatures DNA to create a first liquid composition. The first liquid composition is then mixed with a buffer, a detergent, and a solid support that captures DNA to create a second liquid composition. The...