Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Apparatus – Bioreactor
Patent
1985-02-27
1988-02-09
Cohan, Alan
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Apparatus
Bioreactor
356 72, 356419, 358139, C12M 134
Patent
active
047242159
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for obtaining test results from microbiological test trays and strips includes an inspection station at which test trays may be inspected to determine the results of microbiological tests, a video camera disposed to form images of the test trays at the inspection station, and an image processor for receiving the images from the video camera and processing them to determine test results. Only predetermined areas of interest in the image made by the camera are electronically analyzed. Each well of a given tray is assigned a positive or negative partial result based upon the electronic analysis of the area or areas of interest within that well.
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Farber Glenn L.
Navarro Maria C.
Beck Andrew J.
Cohan Alan
Garber Stanley N.
O'Meara William R.
Rivell John
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