ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,100, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to S D Systems Inc. (Columbia, Mo.).
"Apparatus and method for detecting microbial contamination" was invented by Majed El-Dweik (Columbia, Mo.) and Elijah Sharpe (Columbia, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are novel methods for screening and testing for pathogens in food, water, and bodily fluids using methods that are faster to complete than conventional methods of culturing and plating that require lengthy times in properly equipped labs. The invention utilizes specific, rapid and sensitive optical detection to capture small concentrations of the target bacteria and render them amenabl...