Methods and devices for transporting and concentrating an analyte present in a sample
First Claim
1. A method of concentrating an analyte present in a sample, comprising the following steps:
- providing a solution A in which the analyte is attached to magnetic particles, by contacting the magnetic particles with the sample, in a first container of volume α
connected via a bottleneck to a second container of volume β
, the volume β
being smaller than the volume α
,moving the analyte attached to the magnetic particles, by means of a magnetic system, from the first container to the bottleneck,releasing the analyte attached to the magnetic particles from said particles in the bottleneck,moving the magnetic particles released from the analyte from the bottleneck to said first container by means of a magnetic system, andtransporting the analyte from the bottleneck to the second container by movement of the solution A.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of transporting an analyte present in a sample, to a method of concentrating an analyte present in a sample, and to a device for implementing these methods. In the method of transporting an analyte present in a sample of the present invention, a solution A in which the analyte is attached to magnetic particles is prepared from the sample; the solution A is introduced into a first container connected via a bottleneck to a second container; and the analyte attached to the magnetic particles is moved, by means of a magnetic system, from the first container to the second container via the bottleneck, the second container being filled with all or part of the solution A and/or with another solution.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of concentrating an analyte present in a sample, comprising the following steps:
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providing a solution A in which the analyte is attached to magnetic particles, by contacting the magnetic particles with the sample, in a first container of volume α
connected via a bottleneck to a second container of volume β
, the volume β
being smaller than the volume α
,moving the analyte attached to the magnetic particles, by means of a magnetic system, from the first container to the bottleneck, releasing the analyte attached to the magnetic particles from said particles in the bottleneck, moving the magnetic particles released from the analyte from the bottleneck to said first container by means of a magnetic system, and transporting the analyte from the bottleneck to the second container by movement of the solution A. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of concentrating an analyte present in a sample, comprising the following steps:
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providing a solution A in which the analyte is attached to magnetic particles, by contacting the magnetic particles with the sample, introducing the solution A into a first container of volume α
connected via a bottleneck to a second container of volume β
, the volume β
being smaller than the volume α
,moving the analyte attached to the magnetic particles, by means of a magnetic system, from the first container to the bottleneck, releasing the analyte attached to the magnetic particles from said particles in the bottleneck, moving the magnetic particles released from the analyte from the bottleneck to said first container by means of a magnetic system, and transporting the analyte from the bottleneck to the second container by movement of the solution A. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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