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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.:

US 11779931 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2021

Optical density instrument and systems and methods using the same

Applicant:

Biomerieux, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Inventors:

Perry D. Stamm, Dardenne Prairie, MO (US);

Joel Patrick Harrison, Maryville, IL (US);

Gregory R Maes, Fenton, MO (US);

Jeffrey Edward Price, Wildwood, MO (US);

Jack R. Hoffmann, Jr., St. Louis, MO (US);

John Kenneth Korte, St. Louis, MO (US);

Daniel Joseph Pingel, Saint Peters, MO (US);

Walter J. Clynes, O'Fallon, MO (US);

Sean Gregory Furman, St. Charles, MO (US);

Leonard H. Schleicher, St. Charles, MO (US);

Christopher George Kocher, St. Louis, MO (US);

Brian David Peterson, Wentzville, MO (US);

Jacky S. Yam, St. Louis, MO (US);

Assignee:

bioMerieux Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:

Alston & Bird LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tri T Ton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01); G01N 21/59 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 1/10 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/51 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); G01N 1/10 (2013.01); G01N 15/06 (2013.01); G01N 21/01 (2013.01); G01N 21/0303 (2013.01); G01N 21/274 (2013.01); G01N 21/4738 (2013.01); G01N 21/4785 (2013.01); G01N 21/51 (2013.01); G01N 21/5907 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 21/93 (2013.01); G01N 33/487 (2013.01); G01N 33/48735 (2013.01); B01L 2200/14 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0654 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0803 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); G01N 21/474 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0693 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0168 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0389 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4769 (2013.01); G01N 2021/598 (2013.01); G01N 2201/126 (2013.01); G01N 2201/12707 (2013.01);
Abstract

Instruments, systems, and methods for measuring optical density of microbiological samples are provided. In particular, optical density instruments providing improved safety, efficiency, comfort, and convenience are provided. Such optical density instruments include a handheld portion and a base station. The optical density instruments may be used in systems and methods for measuring optical density of biological samples.

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