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公开(公告)号：US20210116471A1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-22
申请号：US17136670
申请日：2020-12-29
Applicant: BD KIESTRA B.V.
Inventor： Timothy R. Hansen , Rick Holtz , Martijn Kleefstra , Raphael Rodolphe Marcelpoil , Rick Pierpont , Brent Ronald Pohl , Alyssa Shedlosky , Scott Shindledecker , Edward Skevington , Kerry Lynn Smith , Timothy Wiles
Abstract: A method and automated apparatus for locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish and subjecting the obtained sample to a plurality of downstream tests including a test to identify the microorganism and a test to identify the susceptibility of the microorganism to antibiotics. The method includes the automated steps of locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish; obtaining a sample of the selected colony of microorganisms; preparing a suspension of a sample of microorganisms automatically by submerging the pick tool with the sample in a suspension, after which the pick tool is vibrated in at least the vertical direction to release the sample from the pick tool in the suspension. The turbidity of the suspension is monitored to ensure that the concentration of microorganism in suspension is sufficient so that the suspension is used a source for sample for both identification and antibiotic susceptibility of the microorganisms in the sample. The apparatus and system optionally provide for downstream processing of samples prepared for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). Such apparatus includes further processing after inoculation of an AST panel for the AST test. Such further processing includes capping and transferring inoculated panels to AST instrument.
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公开(公告)号：USD810959S1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-20
申请号：US29540911
申请日：2015-09-29
Applicant: BD Kiestra B.V.
Abstract: The design consists of the features of shape and configuration of the CUVETTE TRAY as shown in the drawings. The broken lines do not form part of the design.FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the CUVETTE TRAY;FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view thereof;FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; andFIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.Drawings of the design are included.
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公开(公告)号：USD808036S1
公开(公告)日：2018-01-16
申请号：US29540916
申请日：2015-09-29
Applicant: BD Kiestra B.V.
Abstract: The design consists of the features of shape and configuration of the CUVETTE as shown in the drawings.FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the CUVETTEFIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view thereof;FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof;FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of a variant of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 1;FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 9;FIG. 11 is a front elevation view of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 9;FIG. 12 is a rear elevation view of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 9;FIG. 13 is a right side elevation view of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 9;FIG. 14 is a left side elevation view of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 9;FIG. 15 is a top plan view of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 9; andFIG. 16 is a bottom plan view of the CUVETTE shown in FIG. 9.Drawings of the design are included.
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公开(公告)号：US10935490B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-02
申请号：US15513448
申请日：2015-09-29
Applicant: BD Kiestra B.V.
Inventor： Brian Reuben Langhoff , William Alan Fox , Kerry Lynn Smith
Abstract: A nephelometer that measures turbidity of low volume suspensions using measurements of light transmitted through and/or scattered by the sample. The sample suspension is placed in a tiered cuvette adapted to facilitate measuring the turbidity of low volume samples. The lower portion of the cuvette has smaller dimensions, in horizontal cross section, than the top portion. Both lower and upper portions have angled surfaces. The lower, smaller portion of the cuvette is interrogated by the nephelometer.
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公开(公告)号：US10921336B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-16
申请号：US15575665
申请日：2016-05-27
Applicant: BD Kiestra B.V.
Inventor： Timothy Roy Hansen , Rick Holtz , Martijn Kleefstra , Raphael R. Marcelpoil , Rick Pierpont , Brent Ronald Pohl , Alyssa Shedlosky , Scott Shindledecker , Edward Skevington , Kerry Lynn Smith , Timothy M. Wiles
Abstract: A method and automated apparatus for locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish and subjecting the obtained sample to a plurality of downstream tests including a test to identify the microorganism and a test to identify the susceptibility of the microorganism to antibiotics. The method includes the automated steps of locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish; obtaining a sample of the selected colony of microorganisms; preparing a suspension of a sample of microorganisms automatically by submerging the pick tool with the sample in a suspension, after which the pick tool is vibrated in at least the vertical direction to release the sample from the pick tool in the suspension. The turbidity of the suspension is monitored to ensure that the concentration of microorganism in suspension is sufficient so that the suspension is used a source for sample for both identification and antibiotic susceptibility of the microorganisms in the sample. The apparatus and system optionally provides for downstream processing of samples prepared for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). Such apparatus includes further processing after inoculation of an AST panel for the AST test. Such further processing includes capping and transferring inoculated panels to AST instrument.
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8.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20170307525A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-26
申请号：US15513448
申请日：2015-09-29
Applicant: BD Kiestra B.V.
Inventor： Brian Reuben Langhoff , William Alan Fox , Kerry Lynn Smith
CPC classification number: G01N21/51 , G01N21/03 , G01N21/253 , G01N2021/0357 , G01N2021/0385 , G01N2021/4726 , G01N2021/513
Abstract: A nephelometer that measures turbidity of low volume suspensions using measurements of light transmitted through and/or scattered by the sample. The sample suspension is placed in a tiered cuvette adapted to facilitate measuring the turbidity of low volume samples. The lower portion of the cuvette has smaller dimensions, in horizontal cross section, than the top portion. Both lower and upper portions have angled surfaces. The lower, smaller portion of the cuvette is interrogated by the nephelometer.
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