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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
Tobias Sawetzki, Lakewood, CO (US);
David W. M. Marr, Golden, CO (US);
Charles Eggleton, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Sanjay Desai, Golden, CO (US);
Assignees:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/32 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 (2013.01); G02B 21/32 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0089 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a method for determining the dynamic viscoelastic properties of cells, more particularly to a method for rapidly determining the dynamic viscoelastic properties of healthy and unhealthy cells by determining the phase shift be the application of a modulating force to the cells and the cells' response to the modulating force.