SAMPLE PREPARATION DISPOSABLE DEVICES AND SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PREPARATION METHODS USING SAME

• Main Authors: FIORELLI APRIL L, ULRICH M. SCOTT, HARPHAM R. READE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.03.2013
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

An article of manufacture embodiment comprises a sample cartridge including a sample substrate, and an enclosure including a sample ingress port. The enclosure mates with the sample cartridge to define a sample container containing the sample substrate which is accessible in the sample container via the sample ingress port. The sample cartridge including the sample substrate is removable from the sample container. A sampling method embodiment comprises disposing a sample on a sample substrate in a sample container and removing a sample cartridge including the sample substrate from the sample container. An article of manufacture embodiment comprises a sample substrate, a sample container containing the sample substrate and including a sample ingress port providing access to the sample substrate in the sample container, and a sample cartridge including the sample substrate. The sample cartridge including the sample substrate is removable as a unit from the sample container.