Patents Assigned to Urinary Technologies, Inc.
  • METHOD FOR MICROBIAL SPECIES DETECTION, QUANTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20210024973
    Abstract: A method of using microfluidic chips to significantly accelerate the time to identify and quantify microbes in a biological sample and test them for antibiotic resistance, particularly for urinary tract infections. A first microfluidic chip uses antibody or similar probes to identify and quantify any microbes present. The same or a similar chip uses antibody or similar probes to identify microbes with DNA or RNA known to indicate antibiotic resistance. Another microfluidic chip tests for antibiotic susceptibility of any microbes by growing them in very small wells in the presence of antibiotics, reducing the time required for such testing by as much as 95%. Another microfluidic chip runs traditional urinalysis or similar tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Urinary Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. FINCH, Kee Onn FONG, Saurabh KOTIAN, Cyrus B. MUNSHI, Advitiya MAHAJAN, Beth A. LINDBORG
  • System for microbial species detection, quantification and antibiotic susceptibility identification
    Patent number: 10738342
    Abstract: Several microfluidic chips are used to significantly accelerate the time to identify and quantify microbes in a biological sample and test them for antibiotic resistance, particularly for urinary tract infections. A first microfluidic chip uses antibody or similar probes to identify and quantify any microbes present. The same or a similar chip uses antibody or similar probes to identify microbes with DNA or RNA known to indicate antibiotic resistance. Another microfluidic chip tests for antibiotic susceptibility of any microbes by growing them in very small wells in the presence of antibiotics, reducing the time required for such testing by as much as 95%. Another microfluidic chip runs traditional urinalysis or similar tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Urinary Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Finch, Kee Onn Fong, Saurabh Kotian, Cyrus B. Munshi, Advitiya Mahajan, Beth A. Lindborg
  • SYSTEM FOR MICROBIAL SPECIES DETECTION, QUANTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20200071740
    Abstract: Several microfluidic chips are used to significantly accelerate the time to identify and quantify microbes in a biological sample and test them for antibiotic resistance, particularly for urinary tract infections. A first microfluidic chip uses antibody or similar probes to identify and quantify any microbes present. The same or a similar chip uses antibody or similar probes to identify microbes with DNA or RNA known to indicate antibiotic resistance. Another microfluidic chip tests for antibiotic susceptibility of any microbes by growing them in very small wells in the presence of antibiotics, reducing the time required for such testing by as much as 95%. Another microfluidic chip runs traditional urinalysis or similar tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Urinary Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. FINCH, Kee Onn FONG, Saurabh KOTIAN, Cyrus B. MUNSHI, Advitiya MAHAJAN, Beth A. LINDBORG