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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Cynthia S. Nickel, Wimberley, TX (US);
Clois E. Powell, Seguin, TX (US);
James R. Biard, Richardson, TX (US);
William A. Stapleton, San Marcos, TX (US);
Gary M. Aron, San Marcos, TX (US);
Jeanette Hill, Manor, TX (US);
Ray G. Cook, San Marcos, TX (US);
Daniel M. Justiss, Austin, TX (US);
Frederick J. Strieter, Dallas, TX (US);
Wayne T. Kilian, Telephone, TX (US);
Andrei M. Manoliu, Atherton, CA (US);
Cynthia S. Nickel, Wimberley, TX (US);
Clois E. Powell, Seguin, TX (US);
James R. Biard, Richardson, TX (US);
William A. Stapleton, San Marcos, TX (US);
Gary M. Aron, San Marcos, TX (US);
Jeanette Hill, Manor, TX (US);
Ray G. Cook, San Marcos, TX (US);
Daniel M. Justiss, Austin, TX (US);
Frederick J. Strieter, Dallas, TX (US);
Wayne T. Kilian, Telephone, TX (US);
Andrei M. Manoliu, Atherton, CA (US);
Telemedicine Up Close, Inc., Frisco, TX (US);
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of determining antimicrobial activity of an agent can include providing a well, wherein the well contains at least one antimicrobial agent, the well further including at least two electrodes. A sample of a microbe can be added into the well and a voltage pulsed between the electrodes. An electrical property can be sampled and recorded. In another aspect, a method of identifying at least one microbe includes taking a sample containing the at least one microbe, isolating the at least one microbe from the sample, dividing the at least one microbe into a at least one well, wherein each well contains at least one antimicrobial agent and at least two electrodes. A voltage is pulsed between the at least two electrodes, an electrical property is sampled during the pulsing and recorded. In another aspect, a diagnostic device for detecting at least one microbe is presented.