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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas R. Bachur, Jr., Monkton, MD (US);
Timothy G. Foley, Jr., Forest Hill, MD (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/4925 (2013.01); C12M 41/34 (2013.01); C12M 41/40 (2013.01); C12M 41/44 (2013.01); Y10S 435/808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting a pathogen in a sample is provided, the system capable of measuring the volume of a sample in a container through the use of various measurement technologies, thereby ensuring that a user is aware of volumes not meeting specification and/or allowing correction of results to account for the out-of-specification sample.