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US 7,623,232 B2Granted
Raman spectral analysis of pathogens
AssigneeChemImage Corporation
InventorsShona Stewart, John S. Maier, Patrick J. Treado
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Abstract
A method of ablating a viable biological pathogen in a sample. A viable biological pathogen in a portion of the sample is identified by irradiating the sample; assessing radiation scattered from the sample for radiation that exhibits a Raman shift characteristic of the viable biological pathogen, and delivering an ablating agent to the identified portion.
Claims1
A method of ablating a viable biological pathogen in a sample, the method comprising:
- identifying a viable biological pathogen in a portion of the sample by irradiating the sample;
- assessing radiation scattered from the sample for radiation that exhibits a Raman shift characteristic of the viable biological pathogen, and
- thereafter delivering an ablating agent to the identified portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.