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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Paul J. Sammak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rami Mangoubi, Newton, MA (US);
Mukund Desai, Needham, MA (US);
Christopher Jeffreys, North Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Paul J. Sammak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rami Mangoubi, Newton, MA (US);
Mukund Desai, Needham, MA (US);
Christopher Jeffreys, North Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignees:
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention generally provides methods and systems for determining characteristics of cellular structures. The methods include non-invasive, non-perturbing, automatable, and quantitative methods and may be applied to the examination of cells such as stem cells, embryos, and egg cells.