Patent ID: 9080167
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: C12N,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a paraffin-embedded sample, comprising: providing a paraffin-embedded tissue sample in a vessel, the sample having previously been formalin fixed and embedded in paraffin; providing a non-solvent solution in the vessel with the paraffin-embedded sample; disassociating paraffin from the paraffin-embedded sample by exposing the sample and non-solvent solution in the vessel to acoustic energy to disassociate paraffin from the sample, wherein the step of disassociating comprises exposing the sample to focused acoustic energy while the vessel is located in a bath of liquid at a temperature of about 30-60 degrees C.; and recovering biomolecules from the sample after disassociation of paraffin from the sample.