Visual-servoing optical microscopy
CA 2411465 C · Owner: The Regents Of The University Of California · Inventors: Parvin, Bahram; Callahan, Daniel E.
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The present invention provides methods and devices for the knowledge-based discovery and optimization of differences between cell types. In particular the present invention provides visual servoing optical microscopy as well as , analysis methods. The present invention provides means for the close monitoring of hundreds of individual, living cells over time: quantification of dynamic physiological responses in multiple channels; real-time digital image segmentation and analysis; intelligent repetitive computer-applied cell , stress and cell stimulation; and the ability to return to the same field of cells for long-term studies and observation. The present invention further provides …
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- Filed June 7, 2001 and granted August 27, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 2021.
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