Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analysis of action potentials, transients, and ion flux in excitable cells
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Application No.: US14651644Application Date: 2013-12-16
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Publication No.: US09939372B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Fabio Cerignoli , Piyush Gehalot , Patrick M. McDonough , Jeffrey H. Price , Ross J. Whittaker
- Applicant: Vala Sciences, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Vala Science, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vala Science, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Terrance A. Meador
- International Application: PCT/US2013/075488 WO 20131216
- International Announcement: WO2014/093980 WO 20140619
- Main IPC: G01N21/27
- IPC: G01N21/27 ; G02B21/36 ; H04N5/247 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/91 ; G01N33/52 ; G01J3/44 ; G01N21/64 ; G01J3/28

Abstract:
Video recordings from two or more optical channels are produced, processed, and analyzed simultaneously in order to provide quantitative analysis of action potentials, calcium transients and ionic flux in excitable cells loaded with voltage or ion sensitive dyes with distinct excitation and emission wavelengths, The specific wavelengths of fluorescent light emitted from each dye are separated and recorded. The recordings are mutually registered and cytometric analysis is performed to provide a quantitative analysis of the action potentials calcium transient, and/or ionic flux on a cell-by-cell and well-by-well basis in microtiter plates. The cells are then fixed, labeled for other biomarkers, and scanned again. The resulting fixed cell images are registered with the live cell recordings and analyzed; missing cells that were washed off are detected relative to the live recordings, and cytometry data from live and fixed cell scans is collated cell-by-cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150330892A1 Analysis of Action Potentials, Transients, and Ion Flux in Excitable Cells Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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