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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:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Emilio Barbera-Guillem, Powell, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Pixels Ltd., Westerville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; C12Q 1/00 ; B32B 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; C12Q 1/00 ; B32B 1/502 ;
Abstract
Provided is a method of fluorescence detection of lipid membranes using lipophilic, functionalized nanocrystals; and lipid membranes labeled by the lipophilic, functionalized nanocrystals. The method comprises contacting an effective amount of lipophilic, functionalized nanocrystals with the lipid membranes; exposing the labeled lipid membranes to an excitation light suitable for exciting the functionalized nanocrystals present in the labeled lipid membranes to emit a fluorescence emission. Also provided is a composition comprising a functionalized nanocrystal which is bound to a substrate in a living tissue.