Wet Foam Elution™

The Technology Behind AirPrep™ and FluidPrep™

Wet Foam Elution™ (WFE™) is InnovaPrep's patented sample recovery technology designed to transform collected particles into concentrated, analysis-ready liquid samples.

Whether sampling air, water, wastewater, food products, environmental samples, or bioprocess fluids, collection is only the first step. The value of a sample ultimately depends on how efficiently collected material can be recovered and delivered to downstream analysis.

Whether sampling air, water, wastewater, food products, environmental samples, or bioprocess fluids, collection is only the first step. The value of a sample ultimately depends on how efficiently collected material can be recovered and delivered to downstream analysis.

Originally developed to address demanding aerosol collection and recovery challenges, Wet Foam Elution now serves as a foundational technology across InnovaPrep's AirPrep™ and FluidPrep™ platforms, supporting applications in environmental monitoring, biosurveillance, public health, food safety, life science research, bioprocessing, and defense.

By helping combine recovery and concentration into a rapid workflow step, WFE enables users to recover more value from every sample collected.

A Different Approach to Sample Recovery

Unlike traditional rinsing methods that rely on large liquid volumes and may leave material trapped within collection media, Wet Foam Elution™ uses controlled foam expansion to gently mobilize and recover collected particles.

 

The result is a concentrated sample that can be readily used for downstream applications including PCR, sequencing, culture, flow cytometry, microscopy, immunoassays, and other analytical methods.

Supporting Air and Liquid Workflows

Wet Foam Elution™ serves as a foundational technology across the InnovaPrep platform.

AirPrep™ Systems

Recover airborne particles collected from environmental, biosurveillance, defense, public health, and research applications.

CP Select™ Systems

Recover concentrated particles from liquid samples including drinking water, wastewater, food and beverage samples, environmental waters, and bioprocess applications.

EasyElute™ Workflows

Support efficient recovery from large-volume concentration workflows.

Why Recovery Matters

The challenge is not simply collecting particles. 

 

The challenge is recovering them in a form that preserves analytical value while minimizing dilution and workflow complexity.

 

Wet Foam Elution™ helps support:

     ✓ Small-volume sample recovery

     ✓ Concentrated, analysis-ready samples

     ✓ Compatibility with diverse particle types

     ✓ Integration with modern analytical methods

     ✓ Workflows spanning air and liquid sample preparation

From Collection to Insight

Generate → Collect → Recover → Analyze

Wet Foam Elution™ helps transform collected particles into usable analytical samples, enabling researchers, laboratories, public health organizations, technology developers, and defense programs to get more information from every sample collected.

 

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