US Patent 9506921 Method for determining exposure to mycobacteria

Patent 9506921 was granted and assigned to Bangor University on November, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Bangor University

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

95069210

Patent Inventor Names

Mark Stephen Baird0

Christopher David Gwenin0

Date of Patent

November 29, 2016

Patent Application Number

140081270

Date Filed

March 30, 2012

Patent Primary Examiner

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Rodney P Swartz

Patent abstract

A method of determining the presence or absence in a sample of a biomarker indicative of exposure to mycobacteria, the method comprising: (a) providing a substrate carrying a mycolic acid derived antigen; (b) contacting the substrate with the sample; (c) contacting the substrate with a fluorophore species; (d) creating an evanescent wave at the boundary of the substrate and the sample; (e) detecting the presence or absence of fluorescence.