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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. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce J Bradley, Jerome, ID (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2102572 ; 211202 ; 211206 ; 211260 ; 211262 ; 2113216 ; 21132169 ; 2113601 ; 211391 ; 211406 ; 211411 ; 2114121 ; 1341044 ; 134109 ;
Abstract
A microbial sampling, filtration, and recovery device which utilizes a wash solution on meat carcasses and a vacuum source to vacuum the wash solution and suspended microbes into a collection device. The collection device includes pre-filters for removing debris, and a microbial filter. The filter is small enough to filter out bacteria, and since this size of filter seriously reduces air flow, an alternate route for air is provided through a hydrophobic filter. Bacteria captured on the filter is back-flushed into a collection vessel where it is concentrated in a subsequent centrifuge step. The concentrated microbial sample is available for use in rapid detection methods.