Patent ID: 8828716

Claim:
A removable extraction and purification cartridge apparatus for an automated nucleic acid extraction and purification system wherein the nucleic acid extraction and purification system includes a first line component and a second line component for flow of a fluid sample, consisting of: a removable flow-through cartridge housing body adapted to be connected to the first line component and adapted to be connected to the second line component wherein said removable flow-through cartridge housing body channels the flow of the fluid, said removable flow-through cartridge housing body including a first barrel with a first barrel first end and a first barrel second end, and a second barrel with a second barrel first end and a second barrel second end, wherein said first barrel and said second barrel are parallel and located side-by-side; a first connector between the first line component and said removable flow-through cartridge housing body; said first connector adapted to connect said first barrel first end of said first barrel to the first line thereby removably connecting said removable flow-through cartridge housing body into the first line component of the nucleic acid extraction and purification system and said first connector adapted to connect said second barrel first end of said second barrel to the first line thereby removably connecting said removable flow-through cartridge housing body into the first line of the nucleic acid extraction and purification system; a second connector between the second line component and said removable flow-through cartridge housing body; said second connector adapted to connect said first barrel second end of said first barrel to the second line thereby removably connecting said removable flow-through cartridge housing body into the second line component of the nucleic acid extraction and purification system and said second connector adapted to connect said second end of said second barrel to the second line thereby removably connecting said removable flow-through cartridge housing body into the second line of the nucleic acid extraction and purification system; a filter unit contained within said first barrel of said removable flow-through cartridge housing body for the fluid sample, said filter unit contained within said first barrel including at least one filter material; and a nucleic acid binding unit contained within said second barrel of said removable flow-through cartridge housing body, said nucleic acid binding unit including a material that has a nucleic acid binding surface, wherein said removable flow-through cartridge housing body is removably connected to said first line component, to said first barrel, to said second barrel, and removably connected to said second line component requiring the flow of the fluid sample to flow through said first line component into said first barrel and from said first barrel into said second barrel and from said second barrel into said second line component.