Patent ID: 9678092
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. An method of isolating and analyzing a nucleic acid analyte in an automated analyzer, comprising the steps of providing a liquid sample comprising said nucleic acid analyte to a processing vessel in a sample cell for distributing a sample comprising a nucleic acid analyte to a processing vessel; transferring said liquid sample comprising said nucleic acid analyte to a cell for purifying and isolating a nucleic acid analyte comprising a separation station; isolating said nucleic acid analyte in said processing vessel in said cell for purifying and isolating a nucleic acid analyte; transferring said isolated nucleic acid analyte to an amplification module; analyzing said nucleic acid analyte in said amplification module by reacting said nucleic acid analyte with reagents necessary to obtain a detectable signal; wherein the timing for transfer and processing within said sample cell, said cell for purifying and isolating a nucleic acid analyte and said amplification module is pre-defined, and wherein said timing in said sample cell, said cell for purifying and isolating a nucleic acid analyte and said amplification module is identical for any nucleic acid analyte which is isolated and analyzed, and wherein the step of isolating said nucleic acid analyte in said cell for purifying and isolating a nucleic acid analyte is started only if at the end of the isolation step, the amplification module is available.