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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2023
Avails Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Elizabeth Botbol Ponte, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Creighton T. Buie, Austin, TX (US);
Nitin K. Rajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew H. Theiss, Mountain View, CA (US);
Suzanne Putney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eszter Deak, San Jose, CA (US);
Meike Herget, Woodside, CA (US);
Oren S. Knopfmacher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Avails Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Various apparatus, systems, and methods for determining a susceptibility of an infectious agent to an anti-infective are disclosed. In one aspect, a system comprises a well plate, a sensor array lid configured to cover the well plate, and a reader for receiving the well plate covered by the sensor array lid. The well plate comprises wells including test wells comprising an anti-infective and at least one control well devoid of the anti-infective. Each of the wells is configured to receive and contain a sample. The sensor array lid comprises a plurality of sensor units. Each of the sensor units is configured to extend into a well of the well plate. Each of the sensor units comprises an active electrode and a reference electrode used by the reader to detect any changes in the solution characteristics within the wells to determine the susceptibility of the infectious agent to the anti-infective.