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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:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick N Miller, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Micro-Med, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 29 ; 435-72 ; 436 10 ; 436 63 ; 436172 ; 436902 ; 422 55 ; 422 73 ; 324 714 ; 324 711 ;
Abstract
A method of determining cell membrane strength is disclosed, using focused light of selected frequency and energy density. The method is also useful in diagnosing the presence of certain diseases in cells, by comparing the membrane strength of cells exposed to cell-characteristic altering drugs to the membrane strength of a control group of cells.