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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Applicant:
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/mcgill University, Montréal, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10064 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01);
Abstract
The method can include: acquiring an image of an arrangement having at least one cell covering at least one adhesive surface area, the at least one adhesive surface area being predictively deformable upon exerting cellular forces stemming from said at least one cell; measuring, from the image, a surface area of the at least one cell; comparing the measured surface area to a reference surface area value; and generating a signal indicative of the cellular forces based on said comparison.