Patent ID: 11933780
Assignee: FUNCTIONAL FLUIDICS INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C | IPC C  G

Claim 16:
17. A method for assessing an effect on a cellular unit of an organism, comprising the steps of:
providing a first aliquot of a first sample including a first cellular unit not subject to the effect in a first supporting medium in a first hermetically sea led container;
providing a first aliquot of a second sample including a second cellular unit subject to the effect in a second supporting medium in a second hermetically sealed container;
deoxygenating the first supporting medium and the second supporting medium to induce at least one of a predetermined amount of hypoxia and a predetermined rate of oxygen consumption in the first supporting medium and in the second supporting medium;
determining, during deoxygenation of the first supporting medium, values for one or more variables associated with the first supporting medium at each of a first plurality of different times and/or values for two or more variables associated with the first cellular unit at each of the first plurality of different times;
determining, during deoxygenation of the second supporting medium, values for one or more variables associated with the second supporting medium at each of a second plurality of different times and/or values for two or more variables associated with the second cellular unit at each of the second plurality of different times;
correlating values for a first variable associated with the first cellular unit, values for a second variable associated with the first cellular unit and at least one of the values for a first variable associated with the first supporting medium and the first plurality of times to generate a first multi-dimensional surface;
correlating values for a first variable associated with the second cellular unit, values for a second variable associated with the second cellular unit and at least one of values for a first variable associated with the second supporting medium and the second plurality of times to generate a second multi-dimensional surface;
identifying differences between the first multi-dimensional surface and the second multi-dimensional surface.