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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Dmytro Vasylyovych Vasylyev, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Thomas L. Merrill, E. Windsor, NJ (US);
Mark Robert Bowlby, Richboro, PA (US);
Anton Federkiewicz, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dmytro Vasylyovych Vasylyev, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Thomas L. Merrill, E. Windsor, NJ (US);
Mark Robert Bowlby, Richboro, PA (US);
Anton Federkiewicz, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Wyeth, Madison, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for high throughput patch clamp measurements to study the effect of various chemicals on ion transfer channels is provided. One or more patch clamp configurations is established, each comprising a cell sealed to a pipette. The pipettes are affixed to a pipette fixture. The pipette fixture and a plate comprising one or more wells are relatively moved so that each cell is inside a well. Electrical properties of the cells are measured.