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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2023
Avails Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Oren S. Knopfmacher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meike Herget, Woodside, CA (US);
Nitin K. Rajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael D. Laufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Avails Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods, devices, and systems for determining the concentration of microorganisms in a sample and determining the susceptibility of such microorganisms to one or more antibiotics or other types of anti-infectives are disclosed herein. More specifically, methods for quantifying microorganisms based on redox reactions are disclosed along with systems and devices for quantifying such microorganisms using certain oxidation reduction potential (ORP) sensors. Moreover, methods for determining the susceptibility and the degree of susceptibility of microorganisms to one or more anti-infectives are disclosed along with multiplex systems for such assays.