US Patent Issued to Microsensor Labs on Jan. 20 for "System and method for detecting, enumerating, or extracting microorganisms in a sample" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,697, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Microsensor Labs LLC (Chicago).

"System and method for detecting, enumerating, or extracting microorganisms in a sample" was invented by Peng Liu (Chicago) and Zerikhun Filatov (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for detecting, enumerating, or extracting microorganisms in a sample is disclosed. Target microorganisms, such as Salmonella bacteria, may be of interest. Magnetic beads may be bound to the target microorganisms. After which, the bead-bound cells may be isolated. For example, a magnetic field may be applied in order to separate the target cells (with the magneti...