Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices and methods for tension measurements and applications of same
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Application No.: US16064151Application Date: 2017-01-17
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Publication No.: US10761001B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: John P. Wikswo , Philip C. Samson , Jeffrey M. Davidson , Stephen R. Koch , Veniamin Yu Sidorov
- Applicant: Vanderbilt University , THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville US DC Washington
- Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY,THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- Current Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY,THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville US DC Washington
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Tim Tingkang Xia, Esq.
- International Application: PCT/US2017/013816 WO 20170117
- International Announcement: WO2017/124108 WO 20170720
- Main IPC: G01N3/20
- IPC: G01N3/20 ; G02B21/00 ; G02B21/08 ; G02B21/26 ; G02B21/36

Abstract:
A device for measuring a tension of a bio-object construct as it is being stretched that includes a microscope, a holding member for accommodating the bio-object, and a probe. The microscope includes a condenser, an objective and a stage positioned therebetween. The stage is movable along a horizontal plane. The holding member is fixable on the stage. The probe has a first end attached to the condenser, and a second end placed in the holding member. The stage operably moves such that the bio-object construct moves toward the second end of the probe and contacts with the second end of the probe, thereby causing a displacement of the second end of the probe and a displacement of the bio-object construct, which are used to measure the tension of the bio-object construct.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190003941A1 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TENSION MEASUREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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