Point-of-care pathogen monitoring devices and systems
US9248249B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M16/0434
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Various embodiments of a secretion collection and/or sample analysis device are provided for point-of-care collection and/or analysis of secretions collected from the airways of intubated patients. The disclosed embodiments include a variety of placements of the device with respect to a tracheal tube that include in a secretion reservoir, between an evacuation conduit and the secretion reservoir, and connected in series after the evacuation conduit and the secretion reservoir. Certain embodiments may include a lab-on-a-chip device that analyzes secretions via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based DNA sequencing.
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