Device for indication of bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics

Abstract

Abstract A DEVICE FOR INDICATION OF BACTERIAL SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBIOTICS AND INCLUDING A TRAY DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS WHICH ARE EACH PARTIALLY FILLED WITH A NUTRIENT MATERIAL FOR SUPPORTING BACTERIAL GROWTH. A DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTIC AGENT IS EMBODIED IN AND DIFFUSED THROUGH THE NUTRIENT MATERIAL IN EACH COMPARTMENT. A COVER IS PIVOTED TO THE TRAY TO PROTECT THE TRAY INTERIOR FROM ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION. IN ONE EMBODIMENT THE ANTIBIOTIC AGENTS ARE INTRODUCED IN LIQUID FORM IN THE NUTRIENT MATERIAL, WHILE IN ANOTHER EMBODIMENT THE ANTIOBATIC AGENTS ARE USED TO IMPREGNATE PAPER DISCS WHICH ARE PLACED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COMPARTMENTS PRIOR TO FILLING WITH THE NUTRIENT MATERIAL. THE AGENTS SUBSEQUENTLY DIFFUSE THROUGHOUT THE NUTRIENT MATERIAL AND THEIR CAPABILITY FOR SUCH DIFFUSION IN ANOTHER MEASURE OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST MICROORGANISMS. THE TRAY COVER CAN BE PROVIDED WITH APPROPRIATE INDICIA TO IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR ANTIBIOTIC AGENT IN THE VARIOUS TRAY COMPARTMENTS. THE TRAY, NUTRIENT MATERIAL, ANTIBIOTIC AGENTS AND COVER FORM AN INTEGRAL UNIT OR PACKAGE PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR USE BY NON-LABORATORY PERSONNEL, SUCH AS IN A PHYSICIAN''S OFFICE.

Inventors

• 👤 L Duranty

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