Device and methods for detecting microorganisms
CA 2035728 C · Owner: Thorpe, Thurman C. · Inventors: Calandra, Michael J.; Driscoll, Richard C.; Turner, James E. Jr.
Overview
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An instrument and a sealable vessel for detecting the presence of microorganisms in a specimen the vessel, containing a liquid culture medium communicating with a sensor means containing an indicator medium therein. Changes in the indicator medium resulting from pH change or change in CO2 concentration in the medium are detected from outside the vessel.
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- Filed February 5, 1991 and granted October 1, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 5, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 5, 2013.
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