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Measuring apparatus

US6104495A · kind A · utility

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4References

17Claims

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Assignee

Micronas Intermetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Sieben · Meßkirch, DE
Bernhard Wolf · Poing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 27, 1998
Grant date	Aug 15, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 27, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/0008
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A measuring apparatus (1) for measuring physiological and/or chemical and/or physical properties of at least one living cell (3) contains, in addition to further sensors (4.1, 4.2), a plurality of optical sensors (4) on a support (2), particularly a support made of semiconductor material. By means of a controller (6) and a switching facility (8) which are integrated on the same support (2), the individual optical sensors (4) and the further sensors (4.1, 4.2) can be selectively interrogated. An external signal-analyzing facility (7) with a screen represents a sort of near-field microscope.

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