Device and method for automatically producing a thermal recoil response in nematodes
CA 2458141 A1 · Owner: Weidner, Gerhard · Inventors: Weidner, Gerhard; Tovar, Karlheinz; Braungart, Evelyn
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The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for automatically producing a thermal recoil response in nematodes in particular in order to , test pharmaceutical substances. The device (10) comprises a bearing surface (12), on which sample containers (14) of nematodes (16) are arranged a laser , (18), a device (27) for selectively interrupting the laser beam to regulate the duration of the laser pulse and a scanner (22) for projecting and focussing the laser beam and for controlling a deviation. A light source (28) irradiates the sample container (14) with light which induces a contrast in , the nematodes in the container. An additional light source (29) can also irradiate the …
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- Filed March 18, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 18, 2022.
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