Patent ID: 9388451
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: C12Q,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method for testing a material of construction of a lumen of a medical device for a potential effect of the lumen on cells delivered through the lumen, comprising: injecting a liquid medium into the lumen; incubating the liquid medium injected into the lumen in contact with a material of construction of a wall of the lumen; collecting the liquid medium from the lumen after said incubating to provide a collected liquid medium; contacting at least one cell with the collected liquid medium, wherein the at least one cell includes exogenous DNA encoding at least one toll-like receptor; and assessing the effect of said contact with a material of construction on the expression of the at least one toll-like receptor by the cell, so as to assess the lumen for a potential effect of the lumen on cells delivered through the lumen.