Patent ID: 11905545
Assignee: BIOMERIEUX, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 22:
23. A system for characterization of a microorganism, comprising:
an illumination device configured for illuminating the microorganism in a wavelength range 390 nm-900 nm, wherein the illuminating by the illuminating device covers one or more wavelength ranges, wherein the one or more wavelength ranges cover at least two distinct spectral bands whose center wavelengths are more than 50 nm apart;
a sensor configured for acquiring, in the range 390 nm-900 nm, a luminous intensity reflected by, or transmitted through, the illuminated microorganism; and
a computer unit configured for determining the microorganism from the at least two distinct spectral bands whose center wavelengths are more than 50 nm apart as being a yeast or a bacterial strain as a function of the luminous intensity acquired in the range, by applying an automated prediction model,
wherein the prediction model includes at least one class identifying the luminous intensity as belonging to a yeast and at least one class identifying the luminous intensity as belonging to a bacterial strain,
wherein the prediction model does not include a class identifying the microorganism at a species level.