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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Ferenc Horkay, Rockville, MD (US);
Peter Basser, Washington, DC (US);
Adam Berman, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Ferenc Horkay, Rockville, MD (US);
Peter Basser, Washington, DC (US);
Adam Berman, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 5/02 (2006.01); G01N 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A measurement system including a staging unit including a substrate having piezoelectric properties and a conductive electrode formed on the substrate, the conductive electrode including an area adapted to receive a sample, and an oscillator coupled to the conductive electrode. A method including in a tissue sample having a mass of less than about one microgram and that exerts a high osmotic pressure, calculating an osmotic pressure value for the tissue sample from a plurality of measurements of changes in the mass due to swelling.