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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Timothy Roy Hansen, Spring Grove, PA (US);
Mark Anthony Messina, Manchester, NH (US);
John Thulin Page, White Hall, MD (US);
Thomas Paul Borgoyn, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Ammon David Lentz, York, PA (US);
Robert Michael Novak, Abingdon, MD (US);
Timothy Roy Hansen, Spring Grove, PA (US);
Mark Anthony Messina, Manchester, NH (US);
John Thulin Page, White Hall, MD (US);
Thomas Paul Borgoyn, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Ammon David Lentz, York, PA (US);
Robert Michael Novak, Abingdon, MD (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention provide, for example, a system and method for automatically adjusting the inoculum level of a sample. Certain embodiments of the present invention may measure a concentration of particles present in a preliminary sample using a sensor device and determine an amount of diluent to be added to or removed from a sample container to prepare a sample having a selected concentration of particles, corresponding to a selected inoculum level. Embodiments of the present invention may also automatically add or remove the diluent using an automated fluidics system so as to prepare a sample having the selected particle concentration. Once the selected particle concentration is achieved and verified, some embodiments may also remove at least a portion of the sample from the sample container such that the container contains a selected volume of the sample.