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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Thamani Dahoun, Lausanne, CH;
Margaux Duchamp, Lausanne, CH;
Philippe Renaud, Preverenges, CH;
Marc Brugarolas, Pampigny, CH;
Horst Vogel, Preverenges, CH;
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5041 (2013.01); G01N 33/543 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4719 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4724 (2013.01); G01N 2333/726 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining the presence of a molecule coupled to the cytoplasmic side of a cellular membrane is disclosed. The method is implemented in a microfluidic setting and is particularly suitable for determining the presence and/or the activity of a G protein or an arrestin protein in a cell.