US 12,066,422 B2
Portable system for analyzing microbial population in a fluid
Patrick Andrew Whalen, Fredericton (CA); Derek Christopher Dunn, Fredericton (CA); William Dicke, Gatineau (CA); Xavier Boulerice, Ottawa (CA); David McMullin, Ottawa (CA); and Michael Brown, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to LUMINULTRA TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Fredericton (CA)
Appl. No. 17/288,772
Filed by LUMINULTRA TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Fredericton (CA)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/051812
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/118451, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,756, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0405012 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 1/10 (2006.01); G01N 21/76 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/18 (2013.01) [G01N 1/10 (2013.01); G01N 21/76 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
19. A process for testing water comprising the steps of,
loading water into a cartridge, wherein the cartridge is pre-loaded with one or more ATP assay reagents including at least one ATP assay reagent in solution in a reservoir;
loading the cartridge into a device; and,
reacting at least some of the water in the cartridge according to a firefly assay reaction including the one or more pre-loaded ATP assay reagents;
measuring light produced in the cartridge due to the firefly assay reaction from a sensor of the device; and,
moving one or more fluids within the cartridge by (a) air pumped from the device into the cartridge and (b) collapsing the reservoir of the cartridge.