Inventors:
Hendrik J. Viljoen - Lincoln NE, US
Scott E. Whitney - Lincoln NE, US
Joel R. Termaat - Lincoln NE, US
Alison Freifeld - Omaha NE, US
Elsje Pienaar - Lincoln NE, US
Assignee:
Streck, Inc. - LaVista NE
International Classification:
C12P 19/34, C12N 1/06, C12Q 1/00, C12M 1/00
US Classification:
435 4, 435259, 435 912, 4352831, 4352891
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and device for collecting treating and analysis of biological or chemical material by introducing a source material into a specimen container, transferring the source material to a processing device and thermally, chemically and/or mechanically treating the source material to alter at least one constitutive characteristic of the source material and to release or create a target material from the source material.