ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,827, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Renascent Diagnostics LLC (Burlington, Vt.).

"System and method for detecting a target bacteria" was invented by Matthew D. Gombrich (Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting a target bacteria is disclosed. The system comprises a flow cytometer. The flow cytometer is configured to receive a fluid sample, wherein the fluid sample comprises at least a target bacteria and at least a contaminant bacteria. The flow cytometer is also configured to generate a first enumeration of a total bacteria in the fluid sample during a pre-incubation phase. The fluid sample is then i...