Patents by Inventor Angela M. Oppedahl

Angela M. Oppedahl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Rapid detection of mold by accelerated growth and detection
    Patent number: 9580760
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of detecting the presence or absence of mold in a sample. The method can include the step of applying a sample suspected of containing the mold to a growth medium, optionally fragmenting the sample, associating the sample with a labeling agent, and detecting the presence or absence of the mold by detection of the labeling agent. The invention can also include a medium for growing mold that includes a stimulation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Angela M. Oppedahl, Steven J. Lasky, Dylan D. Baker, Daniel Buttry, Ann M. Steger
  • SIMULTANEOUS RAPID DETECTION OF MICROBES
    Publication number: 20080261229
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of simultaneously detecting the presence or absence of more than one microbe class (e.g., bacteria, yeast, and mold) in a sample. The method can include the step of applying a sample suspected of containing more than one microbe class to a growth medium, optionally fragmenting the sample, associating the sample with a labeling agent, and simultaneously detecting the presence or absence of each microbe class by detection of the labeling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Angela M. Oppedahl, Steven J. Lasky, Dylan D. Baker, Daniel A. Buttry, Ann M. Steger
  • RAPID DETECTION OF MICROORGANISMS IN FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20080153125
    Abstract: A system for the rapid detection of microbial contamination in a fluid sample such as water, involving the use of a filter material having a surface adapted to receive the sample in order to retain substantially all microbes from the sample on the filter surface under conditions that minimize the potential for contamination from sources other than the sample itself, and in a manner that permits the filter surface to be incubated in order to grow viable microbes contained thereon, in combination with a growth medium and an analytic instrument to permit analysis of the filter surface, within a predetermined incubation period, in order to determine whether the growth onset of viable microbes that may be present on the surface has begun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ADVANCED ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel A. BUTTRY, Angela M. OPPEDAHL, Robert CZARNEK, Martin C. FOSTER, Steven J. LASKY, Ho-Ming PANG
  • Rapid detection of mold by accelerated growth and detection
    Publication number: 20070231852
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of detecting the presence or absence of mold in a sample. The method can include the step of applying a sample suspected of containing the mold to a growth medium, optionally fragmenting the sample, associating the sample with a labeling agent, and detecting the presence or absence of the mold by detection of the labeling agent. The invention can also include a medium for growing mold that includes a stimulation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Angela M. Oppedahl, Steven J. Lasky, Dylan D. Baker, Daniel Buttry, Ann M. Steger