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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
William Francis Seip, Baltimore, MD (US);
Donald Ray Callihan, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Paul Ernest Goldenbaum, Hampstead., MD (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel container and process, and more specifically, to a rectilinear plastic container whose interior is divided into two or more channels (a multi-channel plate) which is filled with a microbial growth medium and is utilized in a process for enumeration of microorganisms found in clinical or industrial samples. Different microbial growth media may be placed in adjacent channels of the rectilinear plastic container for the process of the present invention. The process of the present invention demonstrates a more efficient and rapid means to identify and enumerate microorganisms in a sample.