Tangen Bioscience's instrument provides rapid nucleic acid detection, with the specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, in a format that does not require laboratory resources or highly skilled operators.  These characteristics enable accurate detection of DNAs of interest directly from patient samples  faster, simpler, at greater sensitivity, and at a lower cost than existing commercial technologies, all while being delivered in a portable form factor that does not require a laboratory.