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Reference #:
2003-190
Inventors/Contributors
Robin Patel, M.D., James F. Greenleaf, Ph.D., Andrej Trampuz, M.D., Arlen D. Hanssen, M.D.
Description
Vortexing sonication bath fluid prior to sonication significantly enhances the removal of bacterial biofilms from surfaces. A method of collecting the removed biofilms and the instrumentation and instrument parameters for assaying bacteria in biofilms on the surface of devices are described.
Trampuz, et.al N. Engl. J. Med. 2007 Aug 16;357(7):654-63.
Patent Status
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