Patent · US Expired

Device for the detection of bacteria, fungi, and viruses in blood

US4553553A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ernst Homann · Hemsbach, DE
Michael Nelboeck · Tutzing, DE
Klaus Schlieder · Mannheim, DE
Gernold Bayer · Münstermaifeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 1983
Grant date	Nov 19, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12M23/10
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device used in detecting bacteria, fungi, and viruses in blood circulated through a particulate adsorbent material initially in a housing has a piston for pushing the adsorbent material from the housing for the detection. The piston preferably provides one passage for circulating the blood through the adsorbent material in the housing. An O-ring on the piston preferably indicates when the device has been used.

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