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| 20090012425 | Apparatus and Method for Collecting a Sample of Material - A sample acquisition device includes a hollow shaft and a porous medium. The hollow shaft includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The sidewall of the hollow shaft includes a plurality of openings adjacent the distal end of the hollow shaft. The porous medium is attached to the distal end of the hollow shaft and at least a part of the porous medium is positioned over the plurality of openings. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090030341 | SAMPLE RELEASE SYSTEM - Devices to process a sample are configured to releasably attach a sample acquisition device to a drive mechanism that provides rotational and/or vibrational motion to the sample acquisition device. The devices can be used in sample processing methods to dislodge sample materials from the sample acquisition device. Sample processing methods using rotational or vibrational motion may further include the use of a liquid medium into which the sample is released. Sample processing methods may further include the detection of an analyte in the sample. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090162902 | ANTIBODY WITH PROTEIN A SELECTIVITY - Monoclonal antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, which bind to Protein A of | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090181469 | METHOD OF ENHANCING SIGNAL DETECTION OF CELL-WALL COMPONENTS OF CELLS - The invention relates to methods of enhancing signal detection of components of cell walls, wherein the methods involve lysing cells to form cell-wall fragments and analyzing the cell-wall fragments. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100047252 | ANTIBODY WITH PROTEIN A SELECTIVITY - Monoclonal antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, which bind to Protein A of | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100062418 | INACTIVATED AND DRIED BIOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS - In one aspect, the present invention provides biological sample that includes a dry preparation comprising a stabilizer and stabilized, inactivated biological material. In certain embodiments, the biological material may be heat inactivated and/or heat dried. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of making a dried biological preparation. Generally, the method includes collecting a sample of biological material, inactivating the biological material, suspending the sample in a volume of a stabilizer and allowing the stabilizer to dry. In certain embodiments, the biological material may be heat inactivated and/or heat dried. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100099115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND ANALYZING SAMPLES - The invention relates to systems and methods for preparing and analyzing samples (e.g., mucosal samples) for a microorganism of interest. In particular, the systems and methods are useful for detecting one or more analytes characteristic of a microorganism (i.e., microbe) of interest, such as components of cell walls that are characteristic of a microbe, particularly | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100129837 | METHODS OF CAPTURING BACTERIAL WHOLE CELLS AND METHODS OF ANALYZING SAMPLES FOR BACTERIA - In certain embodiments, the invention relates to methods of capturing bacterial whole cells that includes the use of two or more antibodies having antigenic specificities for two or more distinct analytes characteristic of the specific bacterium. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to methods of analyzing a sample for a bacterium of interest. In particular, the methods are useful for detecting one or more analytes characteristic of a bacterium of interest, such as components of cell walls that are characteristic of a bacterium, particularly | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100317021 | FLUIDIC ANTIBODY-CONTAINING DEVICES AND METHODS - The invention relates to devices and methods for analyzing a sample (and preferably preparing a sample), which is particularly used in analysis, such as analysis of a sample for a bacterium of interest. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110091903 | METHOD OF ANALYZING A SAMPLE FOR A BACTERIUM USING DIACETYLENE-CONTAINING POLYMER SENSOR - The invention relates to methods of analyzing a sample for a bacterium of interest. In particular, the methods involve an initial capture process that includes the use of one or more antibodies having antigenic specificities for one or more distinct analytes characteristic of the specific bacterium. After initial capture of a specific bacterium, techniques of analyzing involve colorimetric techniques, particularly using colorimetric sensors that include polydiacetylene (PDA) materials. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110097814 | DETECTION DEVICES AND METHODS - The application discloses embodiments of detection devices including a sensor component in a flow path between a first flow path portion and a second flow path portion. In embodiments described, the sensor component includes a receptor in a polymerized composition. The receptor is configured to bind with an analyte in a test sample. Upon binding the sensor component undergoes a detectable change in response to interaction of the analyte with the receptor. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110146419 | SAMPLE ACQUISITION DEVICE - A sample acquisition device includes a capillary array configured to draw in a sample and retain the sample by capillary action. The capillary array may be coupled to an elongated member, such as a stem or a hollow tube, which defines a longitudinal axis extending in a first direction. In some embodiments, the capillary array defines a major sample acquisition surface that extends in a second direction different than the first direction. A ratio of the major sample acquisition surface area to maximum volume retained by the capillary array may be selected to minimize physical binding between the capillary array and sample. In some embodiments, the device may include a feedback mechanism to indicate the relative pressure applied to a sample source with the sample acquisition device. In addition, in some embodiments, the sample acquisition device may include a suction source to help draw the sample into the capillary array. | 06-23-2011 |
