Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for rapid detection of bacterial antibiotic resistance/susceptibility
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Application No.: US14289745Application Date: 2014-05-29
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Publication No.: US09611501B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Alexis Fay Sauer-Budge , Andre Sharon , Maxim Kalashnikov , Holger Wirz
- Applicant: Trustees of Boston University , Fraunhofer USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston US MA Boston
- Assignee: Trustees of Boston University,Fraunhofer USA, INC.
- Current Assignee: Trustees of Boston University,Fraunhofer USA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston US MA Boston
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Agent Ronald I. Eisenstein; Leena H. Karttunen Contarino
- Main IPC: C12Q1/18
- IPC: C12Q1/18 ; G01N33/554 ; G01N33/569 ; G01N33/53 ; G01N33/58
Abstract:
Described herein is a method and a device for expediting delivery of an agent to a damaged bacterial cell. In one embodiment, the methods and devices are useful for screening candidate antibiotics. In another embodiment, the methods and devices described herein are used to determine susceptibility of bacteria to an antibiotic. The methods also provide a method for determining an appropriate antibiotic to treat an individual having a bacterial infection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140273046A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF BACTERIAL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE/SUSCEPTIBILITY Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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