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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:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2019
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alex David Corwin, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Erik Leeming Kvam, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Christine Lynne Surrette, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Brian Joseph Scherer, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Pei-Hsin Kuo, Schenectady, NY (US);

Ralf Lenigk, Schenectady, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/14 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/32 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12Q 1/06 (2013.01); C12M 23/12 (2013.01); C12M 23/24 (2013.01); C12M 23/34 (2013.01); C12M 41/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/01 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to approaches for assessing a sample or the presence of microorganisms. The sample, in certain implementations may be assessed for one or both of absence of microorganisms (sterility) and/or for concentration of said organisms (bio-burden). sample partition device may be employed that partitions the sample input volume into multiple discrete measurement zones with little or no loss of sample (e.g., zero-loss) and with little operator involvement, thereby reducing operator- and environment-based false positives.


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