Patent ID: 9470624
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: C12M,G01N

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for use in analyzing microbial growth on a solid culture medium in a culture plate, the apparatus including: an image capture device, a support for supporting the culture plate for the image capture device to capture an image of the solid culture medium and any microbial growth, a ring light between the image capture device and the support, for diffusely illuminating one side of the culture plate, and a frame for positioning the image capture device, support and ring light relative to each other, wherein the frame defines a cavity such that the support supports the culture plate between the image capture device and the cavity, and the cavity has a height selected so that the cavity provides a black background for the image of the solid culture medium and any microbial growth, and wherein the frame includes a wall of the cavity having said height selected so that light emitted from the ring light falls on the wall of the cavity to provide the black background.