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Apparatus and method for automatically analyzing biological samples

US9765383B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 2013
Grant dateSep 19, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N35/1065
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and a method for automatically analyzing biological samples capable of performing the entire processes of dissolving the biological samples in protease and cell lysate to dissolve a nucleic acid in a solution, attaching the nucleic acid to magnetic particles, finally washing the magnetic particle to which the nucleic acid is attached with an organic solvent, drying the magnetic particles using a vacuum pump, eluting the target nucleic acid attached to the magnetic particles in an aqueous solution, adding and mixing the eluted target nucleic acid into a vessel containing a nucleic acid amplification reagent, real-time detecting amplification by irradiating excitation light to a reactor simultaneously with regulating a temperature to perform amplification to measure fluorescence, inactivating an amplified product using an ultraviolet lamp after amplification, obtaining an image through electrophoresis, and analyzing a molecular weight in a single apparatus.

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