Patent ID: 9063046
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A01N,A61L,B08B,C12H,C12N,G01N

Abstract:
1. A hand-held device for sample preparation of samples suspected of containing biological threat agents, said device comprising: a reservoir for holding a sample suspected of containing a biological threat agent; a first dispensing unit containing a first reagent comprising peracetic acid and operatively connected to said reservoir, wherein said first dispensing unit adds said peracetic acid in sufficient concentration to reach a predetermined minimal concentration after mixing with said sample in said reservoir, wherein said sample becomes inactivated upon interaction of said sample with said first reagent for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined temperature; and a filter operatively connected to said reservoir and said first dispensing unit, wherein said filter filters the inactivated sample as it is removed from said reservoir, wherein said inactivated sample is capable of subsequent diagnostic testing, and 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.