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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Idexx Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Jeremy Hammond, Standish, ME (US);
James Russell, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting bacteria and determining the concentration thereof in a liquid sample includes the steps of taking an optical section through a container holding a volume of the liquid sample at a predetermined field of view and at a predetermined focal plane depth or angle and after a period of time has elapsed to allow non-bacteria in the sample to settle to the bottom of the container. Since bacteria auto arranges in the liquid sample, forming a lattice-like grid pattern, an optical section through the volume of auto-arranged bacteria may be used to measure the quantity of bacteria residing in that section. A container for holding the liquid sample has particular structure which aids in separating the non-bacteria from the bacteria.