Optical stretcher

US6067859A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US

Inventors

• Josef Käs · Leipzig, DE
• Jochen Guck · Leipzig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1999
• Grant date: May 30, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G21K1/006
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention concerns a novel optical micromanipulation tool, referred to as the optical stretcher, which may use a tunable laser to trap and deform cells between two counterpropogating beams generated by the laser. It is possible to detect the deformation of cancer cells.