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US 2006/0154327 A1Published application
System and method for determining fill volume in a container
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsNicholas Bachur, Timothy Foley
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting a pathogen in a sample is provided, the system capable of measuring the volume of a sample in a container through the use of various measurement technologies, thereby ensuring that a user is aware of volumes not meeting specification and/or allowing correction of results to account for the out-of-specification sample.
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A method for the detection of a pathogen in a biological fluid sample comprising the steps of;
- determining the volume of said sample in a sample container comprising said sample and a growth medium,
- incubating said sample, and
- monitoring one or more parameters in said incubated sample indicative of growth of said pathogen.
A method for the detection of a pathogen in a biological fluid sample comprising the steps of;
- determining the volume of said sample in a sample container comprising said sample and a growth medium,
- comparing the sample volume to that of a sample volume specification,
- if said sample volume is outside of said sample volume specification, providing a corresponding message to a user,
- responding to any user input regarding said message,
- incubating said sample, and
- monitoring one or more parameters in said incubated sample indicative of growth of said pathogen.
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A system for detecting a pathogen in a sample, comprising
- an incubation and measurement module adapted to receive one or more sample containers comprising a biological fluid sample and a growth medium;
- a sample volume sensor, separate from or part of said incubation and measurement module, the sensor adapted to measure the sample volume of said sample containers;
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- one or more interfaces adapted to perform one or more tasks selected from the group consisting of (a) notifying a user if said sample containers are not within predetermined sample volume specifications, (b) accepting instructions on subsequent handling of said sample containers that are not within predetermined sample volume specifications, and (c) prompting user to place said sample container into a test rack of said incubation and measurement module if sample volume is within sample volume specification.
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