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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2009
Eva R. Birnbaum, Los Alamos, AZ (US);
Rebecca L. E. Miller, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Lori J. Peterson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Jennifer A. Berger, White Rock, NM (US);
Benjamin P. Warner, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Eva R. Birnbaum, Los Alamos, AZ (US);
Rebecca L. E. Miller, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Lori J. Peterson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Jennifer A. Berger, White Rock, NM (US);
Benjamin P. Warner, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Los Alamas, NM (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a method and apparatus for measuring the removal of analyte from a cell. One or more cells are provided, comprising at least 10 picograms of an analyte within a volume defined by the area of an x-ray excitation beam and a depth of a depth of five times the 1/e attenuation depth for at least one characteristic x-ray signal of the analyte as attenuated by water. At least a of portion of the analyte is removed from the cells; and the analyte is measured using x-ray fluorescence.