发明名称 |
Hand-held device with reagents and method for detection and diagnostics |
摘要 |
A hand-held device and method of processing a biological threat agent sample such that any infectious organism is rendered harmless while preserving it for subsequent testing, the method comprising placing a sample comprising a biological threat agent in a reservoir; adding a first reagent comprising peracetic acid in sufficient concentration to reach a predetermined minimal concentration after mixing with the sample in the reservoir; inactivating the sample upon interaction of the sample with the first reagent for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined temperature; removing the inactivated sample from the reservoir; and providing the inactivated sample for subsequent diagnostic testing, wherein the subsequent diagnostic testing is unaffected by inactivation of the sample. In another embodiment, the first reagent comprises a cupric salt, which is mixed with ascorbic acid and hydrogen peroxide to generate cupric ascorbate. |
申请公布号 |
US9061085(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.06.23 |
申请号 |
US201414184212 |
申请日期 |
2014.02.19 |
申请人 |
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army |
发明人 |
Sagripanti Jose Luis |
分类号 |
A61L9/00;A01N1/00;B08B3/00;A61L2/16 |
主分类号 |
A61L9/00 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
Biffoni Ulysses John |
主权项 |
1. A method of processing biological threat agents, said method comprising:
placing a sample comprising a biological threat agent in a reservoir; adding a first reagent comprising peracetic acid in sufficient concentration to reach a predetermined minimal concentration after mixing with said sample in said reservoir; inactivating said sample upon interaction of said sample with said first reagent for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined temperature; removing the inactivated sample from said reservoir; and providing the inactivated sample for subsequent diagnostic testing, wherein said subsequent diagnostic testing comprises immune or genetic-based testing used to detect or identify the biological threat agent and which is unaffected by inactivation of the sample. |
地址 |
Washington DC US |