METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF TRANSFUSABLE BLOOD - Patent 0538450

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EP 0 538 450 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.04.1993 Bulletin 1993/17

(21)	Application number: 92911615.0

(22)	Date of filing: 29.04.1992

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61J 1/ 14^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 04^{( . )}
G01N 21/ 78^{( . )}

C12M 1/ 34^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 06^{( . )}
G01N 21/ 80^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1992/003637

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1992/019764 (12.11.1992 Gazette 1992/28)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

08.05.1991 US 19910697080

(71)	Applicant: BAXTER DIAGNOSTICS INC.
	Deerfield, IL 60015 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MORRIS, Roger, J. St. Louis, MO 63146 (US) GREEN, Calvert, Lawrence Davis, CA 95616 (US)

(74)	Representative: MacGregor, Gordon, et al
	ERIC POTTER CLARKSON St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate Nottingham, NG1 1LE Nottingham, NG1 1LE (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF TRANSFUSABLE BLOOD