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New use of fluidic device

A fluid, the first fluid technology, applied in biochemical cleaning devices, enzymology/microbiology devices, specific-purpose bioreactors/fermenters, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2016-03-02
GRADIENTECH
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The limitation of the droplet system is that only a single antibiotic concentration can be tested

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[0040] Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for similar or corresponding elements.

[0041] Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to fluidic devices, and in particular to the use of such fluidic devices in determining the response of microorganisms to a test substance. It has been concluded that fluidic devices such as microfluidic devices can be designed to be particularly suitable for monitoring or measuring the response of microorganisms to various test substances. In more detail, such fluidic devices provide an efficient tool for rapidly determining the response of microorganisms to a test substance, or indeed to any combination of multiple test substances, with a culture medium containing a three-dimensional (3D) culture substrate. chamber, the three-dimensional culture substrate comprising a culture of associated microorganisms.

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A fluidic device (1) has a culture chamber (10) configured to house a 3D culture matrix (2) comprising a culture of microorganisms (6). A concentration gradient of a test substance is established over the 3D culture matrix (2) by providing respective fluid flows at different end portions (12, 14) of the culture chamber (10) and comprising different concentrations of the test substance. The response of the microorganisms (6) to the test substance is determined based on the position of a border zone (5) in the 3D culture matrix (2).

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technical field [0001] Embodiments relate generally to fluidic devices, and in particular to the use of such fluidic devices for determining the response of microorganisms to a test substance. Background of the invention [0002] Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming a global problem because antibiotics cannot kill them or stop them from dividing. The passage time of bacteria can in many cases be very fast (approximately 20 minutes), and due to the short passage time and relative genetic instability of bacteria, bacteria can quickly acquire resistance to antibiotics. The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, some of which have become multi-resistant, sometimes means that there are no effective antibiotics available to stop the growth of these bacteria. These multi-resistant bacteria are a serious public health problem because patients infected with them can die because their bacterial infection cannot be treated. [0003] Traditional meth...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C12Q1/04B01L3/00C12M1/00
CPCB01L3/5027C12M23/16C12M25/14C12M1/16C12Q1/02C12M21/00C12M41/46C12Q1/18
Inventor J·克雷于格S·索斯朗德吴志刚
Owner GRADIENTECH
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