Patents by Inventor Susan Kircher

Susan Kircher 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).

  • Chromogenic medium for the detection and identification of vancomycin resistant enterococci and method therefor
    Patent number: 11604190
    Abstract: A microbe-specific medium, containing specific chromogenic substrates, for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a biological sample, whereby both the detection and identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci at the species level is achieved utilizing one sample and one test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Susan Kircher, Jon E. Salomon, Sheryl Douglas-McKay
  • CHROMOGENIC MEDIUM FOR THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI AND METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20200371098
    Abstract: A microbe-specific medium, containing specific chromogenic substrates, for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a biological sample, whereby both the detection and identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci at the species level is achieved utilizing one sample and one test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Susan Kircher, Jon E. Salomon, Sheryl Douglas-McKay
  • Chromogenic medium for the detection and identification of Vancomycin resistant enterococci and method therefor
    Patent number: 10782291
    Abstract: A microbe-specific medium, containing specific chromogenic substrates, for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a biological sample, whereby both the detection and identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci at the species level is achieved utilizing one sample and one test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Susan Kircher, Jon E. Salomon, Sheryl Douglas-Mckay
  • CHROMOGENIC MEDIUM FOR THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI AND METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20080145881
    Abstract: A microbe-specific medium, containing specific chromogenic substrates, for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a biological sample, whereby both the detection and identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci at the species level is achieved utilizing one sample and one test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Susan Kircher, Jon E. Salomon, Sheryl Douglas-Mckay
  • Method of detecting antibiotic resistance in microorganisms
    Publication number: 20040235012
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of detecting antibiotic resistant microorganisms, comprising culturing microorganisms in or on a chromogenic agar that has been supplemented with at least one &bgr;-lactam antibiotic, provided that the &bgr;-lactam is not oxacillin. The current invention also relates to kits used for the detection of antibiotic resistant organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Rainer Hammann, Alain Rambach, Susan Kircher, Nancy Dick