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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2014
Applicants:

John Walsh, Durham, NC (US);

Jones Hyman, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Bradford Clay, Wildwood, MO (US);

Thurman Thorpe, Durham, NC (US);

Inventors:

John Walsh, Durham, NC (US);

Jones Hyman, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Bradford Clay, Wildwood, MO (US);

Thurman Thorpe, Durham, NC (US);

Assignee:

bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); C12Q 1/10 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); C12Q 1/10 (2013.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01N 21/47 (2013.01); G01N 21/64 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6419 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6421 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for monitoring, detecting, and/or characterizing a biological particle that may be present in a sample whereby the method may be accomplished non-invasively by utilizing a time-dependent spectroscopic technique to obtain at least two measurements of a growth composition comprising a sample and correlating said measurements for the detection and/or characterization of a biological particle, that may be present in the sample.


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