Patent ID: 8658088
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A01N,A61L,B08B,C12H,C12N,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing biological threat agents, said method comprising: placing a sample comprising a biological threat agent in a reservoir comprising a first reagent comprising a cupric salt; generating in situ a cupric ascorbate mixture by adding to said reservoir a second reagent comprising ascorbic acid and an amount of hydrogen peroxide that is in sufficient quantity to assure oxygenation of the mixture; inactivating said sample upon interaction of said sample with said cupric ascorbate mixture 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.