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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
The United States Government As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
Philip C. Samson, Nashville, TN (US);
Jeffrey M. Davidson, Nashville, TN (US);
Stephen R. Koch, Madison, TN (US);
Veniamin Yu Sidorov, Nashville, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A device for measuring a tension of a bio-object construct as it is being stretched that includes a microscope, a holding member for accommodating the bio-object, and a probe. The microscope includes a condenser, an objective and a stage positioned therebetween. The stage is movable along a horizontal plane. The holding member is fixable on the stage. The probe has a first end attached to the condenser, and a second end placed in the holding member. The stage operably moves such that the bio-object construct moves toward the second end of the probe and contacts with the second end of the probe, thereby causing a displacement of the second end of the probe and a displacement of the bio-object construct, which are used to measure the tension of the bio-object construct.