Spectroscopic determination of characteristic of biological material
OwnerMartin Leonard Ashdowninventor
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Abstract
Method for determining a cellular function or change in cellular function by contacting a sample of cells or a component of cells with an activating agent, directing a beam of infrared light at the sample of cells or a component of the cells, analyzing the infrared spectrum of the sample at at least one range of frequencies and ascertaining whether at least one change in the spectral characteristics has occurred due to activation of the cells or a change in the cellular component, that can be correlated to the cellular function or the change in cellular function by the activating agent and determining the cellular function therefrom.
Claims19
A method for determining a cellular function or a change in cellular function, the method including:
- contacting a sample of cells with an activating agent;
- directing a beam of infrared light at the sample of cells;
- analyzing the infrared spectrum of the sample at at least one range of frequencies;
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- ascertaining whether at least one change in the infrared spectrum has occurred due to the activation of the cells that can be correlated to the cellular function or a change in cellular function by the activating agent and determining the cellular function or the change in cellular function therefrom, wherein the sample is a body fluid containing said cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.