Matrices 
Samples & Specimens 

Concentrate and Recover Targets from Diverse Real World Sample Types  — Water, Air, Surfaces, Biofluids, and More

InnovaPrep’s technologies enable rapid processing of diverse sample matrices—including water, growth media, air, clinical specimens, food products, surfaces, soil, sediment, and industrial fluids—while maintaining eluate compatibility with downstream applications such as PCR, qPCR, sequencing, culture-based methods, multi-omics workflows, and clinical analysis.

Sample matrices represent the real-world sources and formats from which targets are collected.

InnovaPrep systems support a wide range of sample types across clinical, environmental, food, agricultural, and industrial domains, accommodating everything from liquid samples and biofluids to air filters, swabs, rinses, and bulk materials. 

Matrix Types

Explore the sample types and specimen formats compatible with InnovaPrep technologies, and see how your samples integrate into streamlined workflows to produce consistent, analysis-ready eluates with precision and reliability.

Air Samples

AirPrep™ with Wet Foam Elution™ (WFE) converts material captured on dry air filters into a liquid eluate for downstream analysis.

Air Sample Types

  • Indoor and outdoor air monitoring samples
  • Bioaerosol surveillance and exposure assessment samples
  • Cleanroom, controlled environment, and occupational air samples
  • Environmental and industrial air quality samples

AirPrep™ liquid eluates enable air samples to be handled consistently alongside water, clinical, and other liquid matrices. These eluates can also be further concentrated using InnovaPrep’s CP Select™ system, supporting workflows for low-biomass and high-sensitivity applications.

 

Clinical and Biological Specimens

Clinical and biological samples for patient derived or laboratory-based materials processed for molecular and cellular workflows.

Sample Formats

  • Blood, plasma, serum
  • Urine, saliva, stool
  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
  • Cell culture media and supernatants
  • Tissue homogenates and lysates
  • Swab-based specimens

Example Sample Types

  • Clinical diagnostic specimens
  • Biobank and research samples
  • Cell culture and in vitro systems
  • Infectious disease testing samples
  • Biomarker and translational research samples

Food & Agriculture Samples

Food and agricultural samples include liquid, solid, and rinse-based materials used in safety, quality, and research applications.

Sample Formats

  • Liquid food and beverage samples
  • Homogenized solid food samples
  • Surface rinse and wash solutions
  • Agricultural and production environment samples

Example Sample Types

  • Produce and poultry rinses
  • Dairy products
  • Beverages
  • Plant-associated samples

Water

Water samples are processed as liquid matrices for direct concentration and downstream analysis, supporting a wide range of environmental, clinical, and industrial workflows.

Sample Formats

  • Bulk liquid water samples
  • Concentrated or reduced-volume water samples
  • Processed water eluates from environmental or system sampling

Example Sample Types

  • Drinking water and source water
  • Wastewater (influent and effluent)
  • Surface water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs)
  • Groundwater and environmental monitoring wells
  • Industrial process and cooling water
  • Produced water (oil & gas systems)

Industrial & Engineered Samples

Industrial samples include process fluids, manufacturing systems, and engineered environments used for monitoring and analysis.

Sample Formats

  • Process and system water
  • Industrial fluids and brines
  • Manufacturing rinse and flush samples
  • Surface and equipment swabs

Example Sample Types

  • Oil & gas produced water and brines
  • Manufacturing and process systems
  • Cooling tower and HVAC water systems
  • Bioprocessing and fermentation systems
  • Cleanroom environments

Soil, Sediment & Environmental Surfaces

Environmental solid and surface samples include materials collected from natural and built environments.

Sample Formats

  • Soil and sediment samples
  • Surface swabs and sponge collections
  • Environmental rinse and extraction solutions
  • Bulk solid environmental materials

Example Sample Types

  • Agricultural and contaminated soils
  • Aquatic and marine sediment
  • Facility and built environment surfaces
  • Healthcare and public space surfaces
  • Environmental monitoring swabs

 

AirPrep™ and FluidPrep™ systems support the processing of air and liquid sample types, enabling reliable workflows for low-biomass and high-sensitivity applications.

what sets us apart

multitarget concentration

Capture multiple target organisms from large volumes. 

gentle process

Maintains integrity of cells and viruses, enabling viable studies and culture. 

versatile applications

Ideal for broad range of samples, targets and use cases.

The main advantage of the Concentrating Pipette was that it allowed us to easily concentrate a large sample volume (900 mL media), which can be difficult to manage with traditional methods such as ultracentrifugation. 

Pilar Domingo Calap

CSIC

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