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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. 24, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vance Alan Newell, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Giles Scientific, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/18 ; C12Q 1/00 ; G01N 3/353 ; C12M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/18 ; C12Q 1/00 ; G01N 3/353 ; C12M 1/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for use in carrying out a microbiological assay on samples in a petri plate has a support for holding the petri plate, a camera, and a plurality of diffuse-white-light emitting diodes. The camera optically detects microbe-growth inhibition zones arising about the diffusion disks and is disposed above the support. The diodes are disposed in a circular array above the support and below the camera for illuminating the nutrient medium and the drug diffusion disks. An electrical power and control circuit energizes the diodes with power from the computer upon an activation of the camera.