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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2015
Applicants:

Snu R & Db Foundation, Seoul, KR;

Quantamatrix, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Sunghoon Kwon, Seoul, KR;

Yong-Gyun Jung, Seoul, KR;

Jung Il Choi, Seoul, KR;

Hun Jong Na, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

QUANTAMATRIX INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/18 (2006.01); C12N 11/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/18 (2013.01); B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); C12N 11/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/752 (2013.01);
Abstract

A testing method is disclosed. The testing method includes: providing a mixture solution of a gelling agent and a microbe to a gelling device; solidifying the mixture solution to form a solid thin film in which the microbe is immobilized; supplying a bioactive agent to the solid thin film and allowing the bioactive agent to diffuse into the solid thin film; and imaging the individual responses of the single microbial cells to the bioactive agent, and determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the bioactive agent based on the analysis of the images to obtain AST results.


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