US Patent Issued on March 31 for "Preparing live microbial samples and microorganisms for subsequent mass spectrometric measurement and evaluation" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,971, issued on March 31.

"Preparing live microbial samples and microorganisms for subsequent mass spectrometric measurement and evaluation" was invented by Karsten Becker (Laer, Germany) and Evgeny Idelevich (Munster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for the preparation of living, microbial samples and microorganisms for subsequent mass spectrometric measurement and evaluation. Findings which can be derived from such a measurement can particularly serve the faster identification of microorganisms in the microbial sample according to species/subspecies and/or the fast determination of resistanc...