Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

John Thuin Page

Timothy Roy Hansen

Robert Edward Armstrong

Glen Richard Davis

Ammon David Lentz

Strett Roger Nicolson

Ben Turng

Mark Anthony Messina

Robert Michael Novak

Thomas Paul Borgoyn

Raymond John Michels

An automated system for identifying in a biological sample microorganisms and their antimicrobial susceptibility (AST). The system provided an automated platform for preparing, from a single biological sample, inoculates for both ID and AST. The system loads a plate for ID testing as samples are being prepared for AST testing. The system tracks the sample and the inoculates from the samples to link the test results to the sample and the patients from whom the sample was obtained.

Method and apparatus for identification of bacteria

Various embodiments of the present invention provide, for example, a system and method for automatically adjusting the inoculum level of a sample. Certain embodiments of the present invention may measure a concentration of particles present in a preliminary sample using a sensor device and determine an amount of diluent to be added to or removed from a sample container to prepare a sample having a selected concentration of particles, corresponding to a selected inoculum level. Embodiments of the present invention may also automatically add or remove the diluent using an automated fluidics system so as to prepare a sample having the selected particle concentration. Once the selected particle concentration is achieved and verified, some embodiments may also remove at least a portion of the sample from the sample container such that the container contains a selected volume of the sample.

Device for automatically adjusting the bacterial inoculum level of a sample

A rules system for creating rules to an expert system is provided, the rules system providing a user-friendly, guided process for creating such rules.

Method and apparatus for using a graphical user interface to create, edit, and test expert system rules for a clinical database

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