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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2016
Biocontrol Systems, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Marc Warren Gordon, Carnation, WA (US);
Jon Keith Perrin, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexander Michael Diener, Seattle, WA (US);
David Oscar Iverson, Seattle, WA (US);
Kyle Stuart Johnson, Sammamish, WA (US);
Garet Glenn Nenninger, Seattle, WA (US);
John Russell Murkowski, Seattle, WA (US);
Kristin Marie Will, Seattle, WA (US);
Chad Austin Brinckerhoff, Issaquah, WA (US);
Phillip T. Feldsine, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Tim Allen Kelly, Bellevue, WA (US);
BIOCONTROL SYSTEMS, INC., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for evaluating the quality of an environment or process by measuring light emitted from a bioluminescent sample containing ATP, ADP, or alkaline phosphatase. The apparatus comprises a sample collection and analysis system used to collect a sample, mix reagents, react the sample, and collect it in a measurement chamber. The system includes an instrument having a photon detection assembly for use with the sample testing device and one or more probe assemblies that optically cooperate with the instrument. The instrument includes a dark chamber with a reflective interior surface which may be concave or preferably spherical, and a photon detection sensor such as a multi-pixel photon counter sensor. A substantially transparent portion of the probe assembly, and liquid contained therein, focus bioluminescence toward the photon detection sensor.