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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sanford M Simon, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-4 ; 435968 ; 549283 ; 5263472 ;
Abstract
The invention discloses a fluorescent bead that can be used for determining the temperature and/or metabolic state of a single cell contained in a cell/tissue sample. The fluorescent bead contains at least one temperature-sensitive fluorophore. The invention also includes methods of monitoring cellular metabolism and methods of diagnosing abnormal metabolism of a cell.