어려운 시료 타입을 위한 시료 준비

• Main Authors: MONTGOMERY JESSE LINTON, HEMMERT ANDREW CLINTON, THATCHER STEPHANIE ANNE, GREEN JEREMY PAUL, BAIRD CHERYL LYNN, RASBAND KENDALL A, OTT CROWTHER ELIZABETH MARY, CRISP ROBERT JOHN, HUYNH ERIK WONG
• Format: Patent
• Language: Korean
• Published: 11.07.2018
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

어려운 시료 타입의 수집 및 취급을 위한 장치 및 방법이 제공된다. 본 개시의 일 양태에서, 시료 수집 방법이 제공되고, 방법은 스왑을 이용하여 생물학적 또는 환경적 물질을 포함하는 시료를 수집하는 단계, 수집된 시료를 갖는 스왑을 시료 완충액에 배치하는 단계, 및 시료를 여과시키는 단계를 포함한다. 다양한 예시적인 구체예에서, 시료 완충액은 프로테아제 또는 디터전트를 포함할 수 있으며, 뭉쳐진 스왑을 이용하여 시료는 수집되고, 시료 완충액으로 전달될 수 있다. Devices and methods are provided for collecting and handling difficult sample types. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a sample collection method is provided, the method comprising collecting a sample comprising a biological or environmental substance using a swab, placing the swab with the collected sample in a sample buffer, and filtering the sample. In various illustrative embodiments, the sample buffer may include a protease or a detergent and the sample may be collected and transferred to the sample buffer using a flocked swab.