Covaris, Inc. The company is a technology company focused on instrumentation for advanced biological and chemical applications. Our technology platform enables numerous non-contact, isothermal processes to be developed. In many cases, the ability to impart both thermal and non-contact control of application processes could not be obtained prior to the development technology. Some of the application areas of AFA are RNA extraction / Homogenization of biological tissue, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) / ADME tox, Compound Dissolution and Resolution, Compound Formulation / Particle Micronizing and Disaggregation, Liquid Membrane Vesicle Preparation, Controlled DNA shearing for library construction and Automated controlled Cryo pulverization for hard or fibrous tissue.