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US 2006/0188942 A1Published application
Detection of Micro-Organisms
AssigneeMicap PLC
InventorsElizabeth Keenan, Michael Brennand
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Abstract
The present invention concerns methods for detecting the presence of a micro-organism in a fluid, gaseous and solid samples, together with apparatus for use in same. The invention comprises the use of a plurality of hollow fibres to filter the fluid and the capture of the micro-organisms on the membrane by means of a specific binding pair.
Claims6
A device comprising:
- a sample inlet and a plurality of hollow fiber filter membranes which have attached to them a first member of a specific binding pair, a second member of said specific binding pair being displayed by a given micro-organism, said membranes having first and second ends, an outer surface and an inner surface defining a lumen, said first end of each of said membranes being open and communicating with said sample inlet and flow through said second end of each of said membranes being restricted such that said flow occurs only through said first end and the pores of said membranes, such that a sample mixture passed into said device through said sample inlet is filtered through the pores of said membranes, leaving a filtrand in said lumen of said membranes.
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