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US 11,299,702 B2Granted
Portable disposable re-usable culture device for rapid diagnosis of infectious agents
AssigneeVax-Immune, LLC
InventorsBhairavi Parikh, James Stone
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to compositions, tools, methods and devices to culture microorganisms and, in particular, to compositions, tools, methods and devices for the detection of microorganisms in biological samples.
Claims30
A portable incubator, comprising:
- a hand-held base;
- a sample assembly contained within the hand-held base;
- a power source contained within the hand-held base;
- and
- a diagnostic device contained within the hand-held base and powered by the power source;
- wherein, the sample assembly comprises:
- a lid removably coupled to and extending above a top of the hand-held base;
- a sample gathering device coupled to the lid;
- a tube adapted to mate with the lid and house the sample gathering device;
- an ampule coupled to the tube and having a seal;
- a seal piercing device positioned within the tube and above the seal adapted to pierce the seal;
- and
- a sample conditioning device;
- wherein the sample assembly is positionable between a sample gathering position and
- a sample incubating position.
12 more elements
A sample evaluation system, comprising:
- a portable incubator comprising:
- a hand-held base;
- a sample assembly contained within the hand-held base;
- a power source contained within the hand-held base;
- and
- a diagnostic device contained within the hand-held base and powered by the power source;
- wherein, the sample assembly comprises:
- a lid removably coupled to and extending above a top of the hand-held base;
- a sample gathering device coupled to the lid;
- a tube adapted to mate with the lid and house the sample gathering device;
- an ampule coupled to the tube and having a seal;
- a seal piercing device positioned within the tube and above the seal adapted to pierce the seal;
- and
- a sample conditioning device;
- wherein the sample assembly is positionable between a sample gathering position and a sample incubating position;
- and
- a sample conditioning medium housed within the ampule.
14 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.