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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Inventor:
Francisco Javier Atencia-Fernandez, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, College Park, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); B01L 3/502753 (2013.01); G01N 15/06 (2013.01); G01N 15/1056 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0694 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0472 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1081 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to devices and systems for separating motile pathogenic bacterial cells from samples. The disclosure also provides for methods of determining whether a sample is contaminated by pathogenic bacteria. The devices and systems disclosed herein are useful for screening water sources, environmental testing sites, food sources, and bodily fluids for the presence, absence, or quantity of bacterial cells in a sample representative of the screened sources.