Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

August 2008

Patent Number

7416843

Abstract

The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.

Application Number

11/035,667

Assignees

University of South Florida

Filing Date

01/14/2005

Primary/U.S. Class

435/6

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