Device, procedure and system for detecting bacterial pathogens including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or clostridium difficile

Abstract

A bio-sensor device for the electrochemical detection of a bacterial pathogen, the device including a sample chamber and an electronic data module. The sample chamber includes passive sensing probes to detect pathogenic antigens in a sample containing the bacterial pathogen. The probes detect a reaction voltage corresponding to an antigen-antibody reaction occurring when the pathogenic antigens come into contact with an antibody specific for pathogenic antigens present in in the contents of the sample chamber and contacted by the electrical probes. The electronic data module detects and processes electrical signals detected by the conductive electrical probes corresponding to an amount of the antigen present in the sample, wherein the reaction voltage is detected at the time of the reaction.

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