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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Biomérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/24 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G05B 19/19 (2006.01); G05B 19/402 (2006.01); C12M 1/30 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/24 (2013.01); C12M 33/02 (2013.01); C12M 33/04 (2013.01); G01N 35/1011 (2013.01); G05B 19/19 (2013.01); G05B 19/402 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of sampling biological material on a reference surface, such as the surface of an agar medium, with the aid of a sampling tool, said method making it possible to steer the displacement of the sampling tool towards the reference surface, from a first position towards a second position, and/or of the reference surface towards the sampling tool, from a first position towards a second position, said second position being a contact position in which the sampling tool and the reference surface are in contact, said method comprising the following steps: