Inventors:
Calvin H. Bartholomew - Orem UT, US
Zhijun Jia - Provo UT, US
Phillip R. Smith - Provo UT, US
Aaron Nicholas Nackos - Provo UT, US
Milton L. Lee - Pleasant Grove UT, US
Edgar D. Lee - Highland UT, US
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68, C12Q 1/04, C12Q 1/00
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for detecting a biological material, such as bacterial spores (e.g. Anthrax) which reacts non-volatile biomarker precursors to volatile precursors by heating the biological material in the presence of a catalyst.