Apparatus for the analysis of nucleic acids

Citation

(2002), "Apparatus for the analysis of nucleic acids", Industrial Robot, Vol. 29 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2002.04929aad.010

Apparatus for the analysis of nucleic acids

Keywords: Medical, Acids

Applicant: Chung Chang Young and Joseph L. ChanPatent number: WO0060362Publication date: 12 October 2000Title: Apparatus for Fast Preparation and Analysis of Nucleic Acids

The analysers of the present invention can be used for diagnostic applications of gene analysis by allowing flexible programming of thermal cycling, robotics, electrophoresis and reagents modules. The instrument is designed as three independent sub-systems, the nucleic acid sample preparation module, the nucleic acid manipulation module and the gel electrophoresis module. The system can be customised by removing any of these sub-systems, thus allowing for modification and future expansion. The system is fully automatic, including pre- analysis sample preparation (extracting nucleic acid from blood or tissue samples), manipulation of the nucleic acid (employing programmable incubators if needed), separation of the nucleic acid fractions using gel electrophoresis, analysis of the processed gels by an optical reader connected to the laboratory computer system having gel analysis software, and continuous sample identification from primary tube to result with a bar-code reader.