US 7,517,665 B1
Method and apparatus for concentrating and searching of microbiological specimens
Elias Hakalehto, Kasarmikatu 12 C 1, FIN-70110 Kuopio (Finland)
Assigned to Elias Hakalehto, Kuopio (Finland)
Filed on May 03, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/564,644.
Int. Cl. C12M 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—29  [435/818; 435/286.6; 435/4] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enriching and examining microbiological samples, comprising the following steps:
(a) drawing microbes into a syringe in the form of a liquid substrate,
(b) enriching the microbes inside the syringe of step (a), and
(c) conducting a gas or gas mixture as a bubbly gas flow into the liquid substrate of step (b).