Covaris, Inc. is an American company located in Woburn, MA, that develops, manufactures and markets instruments, consumables, and reagents used in pre-analytical sample preparation for genomic and proteomic analysis to help accelerate the pace of research and life science innovations.\nit was founded in 1999 by James A. Laugharn. Annemarie Watson is the current CEO of the firm.\nThe company says this about itself: Based in Woburn, MA, Covaris develops, manufactures and markets instruments, consumables, and reagents used in pre-analytical sample preparation for genomic and proteomic analysis to help accelerate the pace of research and life science innovations. Using proprietary technologies including focused acoustic energy, Covaris tools achieve highly accurate and reproducible results with the goal of empowering customers to make new discoveries, develop new assays and improve bioanalytical results. Some of the non-contact applications include faster automated DNA fragmentation, cell lysis, accelerated binding partner mixing, bead resuspension, and compound formulation.