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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James F Monthony, Baltimore, MD (US);
David T Stitt, Freeland, MD (US);
Denise H Burroughs, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12M / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 34 ; 435284 ; 435287 ; 435296 ; 435301 ; 436172 ; 436805 ; 436905 ; 436909 ; 422 8205 ; 422 8207 ; 422 8208 ; 422 85 ; 422107 ;
Abstract
This invention describes a method for the rapid identification of the presence of microorganisms in a sample. Briefly, in the method of this invention the sample container is divided into a plurality of discrete zones, each of which can be separately monitored for microbial presence. When a sample is placed into this container, detection is simplified as the volume monitored is low (as compared with the sample); since microbial detection is a concentration dependent phenomenon, the speed with which the presence of microbial contamination can be detected is increased.