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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. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katherine M. Malinda, Millersville, MD (US);
Alan O. Kusakabe, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Annette B. Wysocki, Bethesda, MD (US);
James V. Sullivan, Bowie, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus having at least one template opening for causing a substantially reproducible injury to a cell, organ or tissue layer. The apparatus is useful in determining the effects of cell growth and migration agents in model wounds produced in the cell, organ or tissue layer. Also provided are methods of using the apparatus including juxtapositioning the apparatus to cells on a cell growth substrate and disrupting cells thereon.