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- Patent Title: Devices, systems and methods for detecting viable infectious agents in a fluid sample using an electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor sensor
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Application No.: US15412934Application Date: 2017-01-23
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Publication No.: US10254245B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Oren S. Knopfmacher , Meike Herget , Michael D. Laufer , August Estabrook
- Applicant: Avails Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Avails Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Avails Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Levine Bagade Han LLP
- Main IPC: G01N1/00
- IPC: G01N1/00 ; G01N27/416 ; G01N33/487 ; G01N33/49 ; G01N27/22

Abstract:
Various devices, systems and methods for detecting a susceptibility of an infectious agent to an anti-infective are described herein. A method comprises introducing a fluid sample to a first surface and a second surface; exposing the first surface to a first solution; exposing, the second surface to a second solution, wherein the second surface comprises an anti-infective; sampling the first solution after exposing the first solution to the first surface; sampling the second solution after exposing the second solution to the second surface; monitoring a first electrical characteristic of a first electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) sensor exposed to the first solution sampled; monitoring a second electrical characteristic of a second EIS sensor exposed to the second solution sampled; and comparing the first electrical characteristic and the second electrical characteristic to assess the susceptibility of the infectious agent to the anti-infective.
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