Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device, system, and kit for measuring tension of cell structure containing muscle cells
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Application No.: US16803617Application Date: 2020-02-27
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Publication No.: US11313851B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Hirotsugu Kubo , Takahiro Shioyama , Yuki Kagawa , Yuto Hinata , Hodaka Makino
- Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2019-036677 20190228,JPJP2020-024512 20200217
- Main IPC: G01N33/00
- IPC: G01N33/00 ; B01L3/00 ; C12M3/00 ; G01N33/50 ; C12M1/34

Abstract:
A device for measuring a tension of a cell structure containing muscle cells includes a first and a second gel adaptor holder. The first gel adaptor holder includes a frame member and a first gel holding portion which is disposed protrudingly from a part of an inner surface of the frame member for fixing one end of a gel. The second gel adaptor holder includes a second gel holding portion that fixes another end of the gel, and connecting members connected with the second gel holding portion. A kit including the device, a substrate and a gel forming cover. The substrate includes a pair of gel shaping convex parts fitted along the inner surface of the frame member. The gel forming cover includes a surface parallel to a gel contacting surface of the substrate, in order to form an upper surface of the gel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200278342A1 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND KIT FOR MEASURING TENSION OF CELL STRUCTURE CONTAINING MUSCLE CELLS Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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