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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Applicants:
Ian Andrew Lewis, Calgary, CA;
Thomas Rydzak, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Ian Andrew Lewis, Calgary, CA;
Thomas Rydzak, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12Q 1/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/14 (2006.01); C12Q 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/045 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12Q 1/10 (2013.01); C12Q 1/14 (2013.01); C12Q 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are for identifying the cell type of an unknown microorganism. The device includes: an apparatus for culturing unknown organism(s), a diagnostic data acquisition tool and a computer program. The method includes: incubation of the sample with a growth medium (with or without toxins), and an analysis of the metabolites detected in the sample. The computer system compares the results collected from the device to reference metabolite profiles.