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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Hongwei Hanna Rao, Horseheads, NY (US);
Jian Tan, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Hongwei Hanna Rao, Horseheads, NY (US);
Jian Tan, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described herein are multi-purpose substrates composed of (1) a base coated with a calcium phosphate coating and (2) a fluorophore-labeled collagen adsorbed on the calcium phosphate coating. The multi-purpose substrates are useful in culturing and studying the activity of a variety of cells. The multi-purpose substrates described herein can be used for both solution- and image-based analysis of cultured cells. New methods for producing and using such coated substrates are also disclosed.