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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Applicants:
Glenn Gulak, Toronto, CA;
Nasim Nikkhoo, Toronto, CA;
Karen Maxwell, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/414 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/4145 (2013.01); C12Q 1/02 (2013.01); C12Q 1/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for the detection of bacteria in a sample. The methods comprises contacting the sample with an antibacterial agent and a bacteria identification sensor, and involves the permeabilization of the bacteria by the antibacterial agent, and the subsequent detection of an efflux of potassium ions using a bacteria identification sensor comprising a potassium-sensitive ISFET. Also disclosed are bacteria identification sensor comprising a potassium-sensitive ISFET useful in the practice of the disclosed methods.