Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

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Bd Kiestra B.v.

Lizzi, Michael Justin

Michael Justin Lizzi

Melody M H Kuroda

Michael L Marshall

M Scott Ulrich

Dwight Livingston

Mark A Talmer

Robert L Campbell

Thomas D Haubert

James A Prescott

Adam C Curry

Ammon David Lentz

Gregory S Kramer

Artis R Lockhart

Randy J Somerville

Jeffrey S Krause

Ernie Ritchey

Scott Nicholas Danhof

Andrea Liebmann-Vinson

Donald W Copertino

Kevin G Dolan

Wendy Dale Woodley

Jack Kessler

Spencer Lovette

Scott N Danhof

Miroslaw Bartkowiak

Jack H Kessler

Timothy Roy Hansen

Matthew P Collis

Jurjen Sinnema

Kristin Weidemaier

Eric Fallows

David S Sebba

Donald E Gorelick

Erin Gooch Carruthers

Lukas Blaauw

Freerk H Van Der Werff

Jordan Brown

James Glen Burmaster

Rui Goncalves

Milenko Lukic

Nino Orucevic

Martin John Juritsch

Jeffrey S Ojala

Melody Mh Kuroda

David S Sebra

Eric A Fallows

Melody MH Kuroda

Vessel assembly

Provided herein are methods, systems, and devices for detecting and/or identifying one or more specific microorganisms in a culture sample. Indicator particles, such as surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-active nanoparticles, each having associated therewith one or more specific binding members having an affinity for the one or more microorganisms of interest, can form a complex with specific microorganisms in the culture sample. Further, agitating magnetic capture particles also having associated therewith one or more specific binding members having an affinity for the one or more microorganisms of interest can be used to capture the microorganism-indicator particle complex and concentrate the complex in a localized area of an assay vessel for subsequent detection and identification. The complex can be dispersed, pelleted, and redispersed so that the culture sample can be retested a number of times during incubation so as to allow for real-time monitoring of the culture sample.

Methods, systems, and devices for detecting and identifying microorganisms in microbiological culture samples

A separating system () comprises a housing () sized to receive a stack of articles having at least one first article () stacked on top of a second article (). The system () also includes a lifter () movable into a contact position adjacent a surface () on the at least one first article (). The lifter () is adapted to apply a lifting force to the surface () to lift at least a portion of the first article () above the contact position. An extractor () moves the second article () away from the stack of articles after the at least one first article () has been lifted above the contact position by the lifter (). The housing () prevents the at least one first article () from moving with the second article () when the second article () is moved by the extractor () and guides the stack of articles downward after the second article () is moved away.

System with improved plate destacking

Basket

Vessel

Vial assembly

A method includes providing a container, introducing a substance into the container, and introducing a readily dissolvable film into the container such that the dissolvable film overlies the substance within the container. An alternative method includes providing a container, providing a readily dissolvable film, the film comprising a substance carried by the film, and introducing the film into the container.

Dissolvable films and methods including the same

Cap portion of a vial

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Michael Justin Lizzi