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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2018
Applicant:
The University of Bristol, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Massimo Antognozzi, Bristol, GB;
Charlotte Bermingham, Bristol, GB;
Krishna Coimbatore Balram, Bristol, GB;
Ruth Oulton, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
The University of Bristol, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01); A61L 2/025 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/49 (2006.01); G01N 21/55 (2014.01); G01N 21/552 (2014.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/54373 (2013.01); A61L 2/025 (2013.01); C12M 1/3446 (2013.01); C12Q 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/49 (2013.01); G01N 21/552 (2013.01); G01N 21/7703 (2013.01); G01N 33/56911 (2013.01); G01N 2021/556 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus () comprising: a light source (); to cast light toward a substrate () defining a bacteria binding volume to create an evanescent field (), the bacteria binding volume being within the evanescent field; a detector () arranged to receive light from the bacteria binding volume and output data (); and a processor () arranged to determine vibration of bacteria () with the bacteria binding volume in three-dimensions from the data.