C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 12 – Q
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
12
Q
C12Q 1/04 (2006.01) C12M 1/34 (2006.01) G01N 21/63 (2006.01) G01N 21/64 (2006.01) G01N 21/77 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2132271
A unique method for utilizing chemical sensors to determine whether a particular sample vial is evidencing bacterial growth includes directing radiation sources having closely spaced wavelengths into the sample vial. Emissions from the chemical sensor due to the two spectrally spaced radiation sources are monitored, and a ratio of their differences and sums is calculated. The inventive ratio eliminates station-to-station variation between the radiation sources or detectors, and also any lot-to-lot variations in the sensor materials. An absolute indication of the conditions within the sample vial may thus be taken with the inventive method. In the prior art, station-to-station variations and lot-to-lot variations in the sensors resulted in varying readings for positive and negative samples. Thus, any one reading could not be utilized to make a prediction of whether a particular sample is a positive or a negative. With the inventive method, each absolute readings can be utilized to provide an indication of whether a particular sample is positive or negative at any time.
Becton Dickinson And Company
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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