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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Bioventures, Llc, Little Rock, AR (US);
Inventors:
Mark S. Smeltzer, Little Rock, AR (US);
Vladimir Zharov, Little Rock, AR (US);
Ekaterina Galanzha, Little Rock, AR (US);
Assignee:
BioVentures, LLC, Little Rock, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2020.01); A61K 49/22 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/14525 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61K 41/00 (2013.01); A61K 49/221 (2013.01); A61M 5/007 (2013.01); G01N 33/48728 (2013.01); G01N 33/569 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of non-invasively detecting and purging bacterial cells using a modified photoacoustic in vivo flow cytometer device is described herein. In particular, a method of detecting bacterial cells by analyzing photoacoustic pulses emitted in response to laser pulses from a pulsed laser source and/or selectively destroying the detected bacterial cells using a non-linear photothermal response induced by a high-energy laser pulse is described herein.