Acoustic radiation for ejecting and monitoring pathogenic fluids

Method and system for monitoring for a change in the amount and/or concentration of a pathogen in a pathogenic fluid. The method includes providing a pathogen-impermeable enclosure enclosing the pathogenic fluid, wherein the pathogenic fluid includes a pathogen and a carrier fluid. Additionally, the...

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Hauptverfasser: Ellson Richard N, Mutz Mitchell W
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Zusammenfassung:Method and system for monitoring for a change in the amount and/or concentration of a pathogen in a pathogenic fluid. The method includes providing a pathogen-impermeable enclosure enclosing the pathogenic fluid, wherein the pathogenic fluid includes a pathogen and a carrier fluid. Additionally, the method includes acoustically monitoring for a change in the amount and/or concentration of the pathogen enclosed in the pathogen-impermeable enclosure. The acoustically monitoring for a change in the amount and/or concentration of the pathogen enclosed in the pathogen-impermeable enclosure includes generating acoustic radiation directed towards the pathogen-impermeable enclosure, transmitting the acoustic radiation through the pathogen-impermeable enclosure or reflecting the acoustic radiation by the pathogenic fluid, receiving the acoustic radiation transmitted through the pathogen-impermeable enclosure or receiving the acoustic radiation reflected by the pathogenic fluid, and analyzing the received acoustic radiation.