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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US);
Inventors:
Vish Subramaniam, Westerville, OH (US);
Joseph West, Richwood, OH (US);
Emily Alkandry, Columbus, OH (US);
Mohd Nasser, Columbus, OH (US);
Dinesh Ahirwar, Columbus, OH (US);
Ramesh Ganju, Dublin, OH (US);
Travis Jones, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 13/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 13/00 (2013.01); A61N 1/40 (2013.01); A61N 2/02 (2013.01); A61N 2/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for accelerating and/or inhibiting the migration of cells by applying a time-varying magnetic field to induce eddy currents that promote electrotaxis (galvanotaxis) of cells without the need for chemokines or glucose. The present invention can also be used to study and quantify the metastatic potential of different cell lines.