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Systems and methods for detecting toxins in a sample

  • US 20080286822A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2007
  • Published: 11/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus to identify the presence of a toxin in a sample, comprisinga first chamber containing an organism having a motility response to a toxin in the sample,a second chamber, having a fluid connection with the first chamber, and having an opening such that sample may be introduced through the opening and combined with the organism from the first chamber,an imaging module, electromagnetically coupled to the second chamber, capable of imaging a path of the organism in the second chamber, anda processing module connected to the imaging module such that the imaged path is processed to detect the presence of a toxin in the sample.

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