	US 12,110,543 B2
	Sample transfer tool
Christoph Kirsch, Pulheim (DE); and Elena Yaroshevskaya, Frechen (DE)
Assigned to AXAGARIUS GMBH & CO. KG, Düren (DE)
Filed by AXAGARIUS GMBH & CO. KG, Düren (DE)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/791,799.
Claims priority of application No. 102019201966.8 (DE), filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0263236 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); A61K 31/715 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01)

CPC C12Q 1/686 (2013.01) [A61K 31/715 (2013.01); B01L 7/52 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0832 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A rod-shaped or tubular sample transfer tool for direct transfer of sample, said sample transfer tool being sized to be suitable for transfer of sample volumes smaller than 1 μl or sample quantities from 10 to 200 μg, and having at least one region designed for contact with a sample containing nucleic acids and coated with one or more active substances, said one or more active substances having an effect on the sample containing nucleic acids, so that materials contained in the sample that would inhibit an enzymatic reaction taking place after the transfer are bound at least in part, or inactivated.