University Technologies International, Inc.

E.l. Bryenton & Associates Inc.

Brytech Inc.

Frank Johnson

Earl L Bryenton

Alan L Bryenton

John W Costerton

Menno Stoffels

Antoine E Khoury

A method of killing microorganisms which form a biofilm on a tissue or implant surfaces in a patient, and which are refractory to a biocide at a dose which is effective to kill the microorganism in planktonic form. The effect of the biocide is potentiated, to an effective killing level, by applying an electric field across the surface containing the biofilm.

Biofilm reduction method

An optical sensor comprising an optical fiber having a core covered by a cladding, the cladding having an index of refraction different from that of the core, apparatus for retaining the fiber in a sinuously looped disposition, apparatus for fixing the fiber to an object to be sensed whereby movement to be sensed results in one or both of accordion expansion and contraction of loops of the fiber and microbending of the fiber, apparatus for applying a first optical signal into one end of the fiber, apparatus for detecting a resulting optical signal from the other end of the fiber, and apparatus for comparing the first and resulting optical signals to obtain an indication of the movement.

Microbend optic sensor with fiber being sewn thereto in a sinuously

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Ottawa, Canada

Frank Johnson