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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Biomerieux, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
John Walsh, Durham, NC (US);
Jones M. Hyman, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Christopher Ronsick, Durham, NC (US);
John Link, Durham, NC (US);
Ron Robinson, Durham, NC (US);
Mark Wilson, Hillsborough, NC (US);
BIOMERIEUX, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a separation device or container that can be used in the separation, isolation or pelleting of microorganisms from a test samples known to contain or suspected of containing said microorganisms. Subsequently, the separated, isolated or pelleted microorganism sample can undergo one or more interrogation steps to provide measurements useful for the characterization and/or identification of microorganism. In one aspect of the present invention, the interrogation steps can occur in situ in the separation device or container described herein.