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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2013
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Livia Zarnescu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

David B. Camarillo, Aptos, CA (US);

Jinnuo Han, Mountain View, CA (US);

Renee A. Reijo Pera, Los Altos, CA (US);

Shawn L. Chavez, Fremont, CA (US);

Barry Behr, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/43 (2006.01); A61D 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/435 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/42 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/435 (2013.01); C12M 21/06 (2013.01); C12M 35/04 (2013.01); C12M 41/46 (2013.01); G01N 33/689 (2013.01); G01N 33/483 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are methods for the determination of the viability of a mammalian embryo or a potential embryo generated from a mammalian oocyte, comprising applying a mechanical stimulus to the embryo or oocyte, detecting a temporal response of the embryo or oocyte to the mechanical stimulus, and deriving measurements for one or more parameters from the temporal response, the measurements being indicative of viability. Also provided are methods for selecting an embryo for transfer and methods for enhancing the viability of an embryo or oocyte.


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