Apparatus and method for analyzing fluid sample

US9156032B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cepheid · US

Inventors

• Kurt Peterson · Livonia, US
• Michael T. Taylor · Newark, US
• Farzad Pourahmadi · Fremont, US
• William A. McMillan · Cupertino, US
• Ronald Chang · Redwood City, US
• Stanley H. Sakai · Cupertino, US
• Jesus Ching · Saratoga, US
• Douglas Dority · Mill Valley, US
• Philip Belgrader · Severna Park, US
• M. Allen Northrup · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/255
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a cartridge for analyzing a fluid sample. The cartridge provides for the efficient separation of cells or viruses in the sample from the remaining sample fluid, lysis of the cells or viruses to release the analyte (e.g., nucleic acid) therefrom, and optionally chemical reaction and/or detection of the analyte. The cartridge is useful in a variety of diagnostic, life science research, environmental, or forensic applications for determining the presence or absence of one or more analytes in a sample.