Pathogen detection and display system
AssigneeCardeya Corporation
InventorsCharles R. Sperry, Lawrence J. Pillote, Vincent A. Piucci, Dennis F. McNamara, Jr., James M. Wilson, III, Lisa Ruth Stowe, Brett M. Sitzlar, Barbara A Piucci, David C. Chase
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Abstract
A pathogen detection and display system is configured to discover and display the location of substances of interest, particularly pathogens that can spread infection. The detection and display system can be used in healthcare facilities on surfaces, medical equipment and devices, patients, and staff, for example.
Claims16
In a control system of a detection and display system, a method of identifying predicted pathogen contamination, comprising:
- receiving, by the control system, pathogen sample information identifying a size of a pathogen colony associated with an environmental surface of a first location of a facility;
- correlating, by the control system, the pathogen sample information with a set of pathogen transmission factors, each pathogen transmission factor of the set of pathogen transmission factors associated with transmission of the pathogen within the facility;
- executing, by the control system, a discriminant analysis based upon the set of pathogen transmission factors to predict pathogen contamination at an environmental surface of a subsequent location of the facility based upon the pathogen sample information;
- displaying, by the control system, a graphical representation of a map of the facility on an output device;
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- highlighting on the graphical representation of the map of the facility, by the control system, the first location with a first color and the subsequent location having the predicted pathogen contamination and the predicted pathogen contamination at the environmental surface of the subsequent location with a second color indicative of pathogen contamination.
A pathogen detection and display system, comprising:
- a collection device configured to retrieve a sample from a facility;
- a reading device configured to receive the sample from the collection device, to process the sample, and to generate pathogen sample information related to the sample;
- a control system disposed in electrical communication with the reading device;
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- an output device disposed in electrical communication with the control system;
- wherein the control system is configured to:
- receive pathogen sample information identifying a size of a pathogen colony associated with an environmental surface of a first location of a facility;
- correlate the pathogen sample information with a set of pathogen transmission factors, each pathogen transmission factor of the set of pathogen transmission factors associated with transmission of the pathogen within the facility;
- execute a discriminant analysis based upon the set of pathogen transmission factors to predict pathogen contamination at an environmental surface of a subsequent location of the facility based upon the pathogen sample information;
- display a graphical representation of a map of the facility on the output device;
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- highlight on the graphical representation of the map of the facility the first location with a first color and the subsequent location having the predicted pathogen contamination, and the predicted pathogen contamination at the environmental surface of the subsequent location with a second color indicative of pathogen contamination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.