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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Franz Baudenbacher, Franklin, TN (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
R. Robert Balcarcel, Nashville, TN (US);
David Cliffel, Nashville, TN (US);
Sven Eklund, Antioch, TN (US);
Jonathan Mark Gilligan, Nashville, TN (US);
Owen Mcguinness, Brentwood, TN (US);
Todd Monroe, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ales Prokop, Nashville, TN (US);
Mark Andrew Stremler, Franklin, TN (US);
Andreas Augustinus Werdich, Nashville, TN (US);
Franz Baudenbacher, Franklin, TN (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
R. Robert Balcarcel, Nashville, TN (US);
David Cliffel, Nashville, TN (US);
Sven Eklund, Antioch, TN (US);
Jonathan Mark Gilligan, Nashville, TN (US);
Owen McGuinness, Brentwood, TN (US);
Todd Monroe, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ales Prokop, Nashville, TN (US);
Mark Andrew Stremler, Franklin, TN (US);
Andreas Augustinus Werdich, Nashville, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and methods for monitoring the status of a cell that consumes oxygen. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of confining the cell in a sensing volume, measuring dynamically intracellular or extracellular signaling of the cell, and determining the status of the cell from the measured intracellular or extracellular signaling of the cell.