SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING, ENUMERATING, OR EXTRACTING MICROORGANISMS IN A SAMPLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240361308A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18648822

    申请日:2024-04-29

    摘要: A system and method for detecting, enumerating, or extracting microorganisms in a sample is disclosed. Target microorganisms, such as Salmonella bacteria, may be of interest. Magnetic beads may be bound to the target microorganisms. After which, the bead-bound cells may be isolated. For example, a magnetic field may be applied in order to separate the target cells (with the magnetic beads attached thereto) and move then to a predetermined section of the well. Agar, or other immobilizing agent, may be added to the wells in order to immobilize the target cells. After which, the target cells are incubated and periodically analyzed to determine whether the target cells are growing, thereby indicating that the microorganisms are contained within the well.

    Indicator-based analysis of a sample

    公开(公告)号:US12123868B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18167557

    申请日:2023-02-10

    发明人: Alan Marc Fine

    摘要: An indicator of a first type and an indicator of a second type are attached to a unit of a chemical component in a sample to form a first multi-indicator complex. The first multi-indicator complex includes the unit of the chemical component, the indicator of the first type, and the indicator of the second type. The indicator of the first type and the indicator of the second type have different discernible characteristics. An image of the sample, including the first multi-indicator complex corresponding to the unit of the chemical component, is captured by an image sensor. Based on a first image of the sample, a count is generated of multi-indicator complexes that include an indicator of the first type and an indicator of the second type, including the first multi-indicator complex. Based on the count, a presence or a level of the chemical component in the sample is identified.

    Handheld Device for Early Detection of Disease, Biological, Chemical, and Pathogenic Agents

    公开(公告)号:US20240345021A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18542582

    申请日:2023-12-15

    申请人: Richard POSTREL

    发明人: Richard POSTREL

    IPC分类号: G01N27/414 G01N33/543

    CPC分类号: G01N27/4141 G01N33/5438

    摘要: The present invention provides a portable handheld medical screening device designed to facilitate health, medical research, and health-security screening measures at hospitals, emergency rooms, medical facilities, offices, meeting rooms, sports training facilities, health clubs, restaurants, small shops and for service providers, etc., i.e., places associated with healthcare and interactions between persons unknown to each other in settings where disease, public health, research data collection, disease contagion, and/or disease detection and/or monitoring are a concern. The invention provides several formats of self-contained devices with flexible attachment that collects ambient emissions, especially volatile compounds, produced by a subject (medical patient or one or more persons interacting with each other). In a clinical setting, the device monitors gas compounds produced by the subject, analyzes the monitored gases to determine patterns of emitted gases, compares these patterns to libraries of patterns associated with a disease or condition, and reports the associations.