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  • Method for the detection of biologically active agents
    Patent number: 4971900
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the detection of the growth of microorganisms through infrared analysis of a sample of the gas produced by growth of the microorganism is descirbed. In the method, a sample of the headspace gas in a vial containing a growth medium which has been inoculated with a sample suspected of containing a microorganism is removed and transferred to a sample cell where infrared analysis is used to determine the presence of carbon dioxide, if any, produced by the growth of the microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Joseph E. Ahnell, H. Mark Perks, Mark L. Sussman, Gregory Tice