Patent ID: 9594077
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A method of evaluating the ability of non-human mammalian sperm to bind to a mammalian egg, the method comprising: (a) combining a sample of non-human mammalian sperm, a media that is conducive to maintaining the physiological activity of the sperm, and at least one substrate that comprises bovine thyroglobulin on at least a portion of its surface, to allow for at least a portion of the sample of non-human mammalian sperm to bind to the substrate, wherein the binding of sperm to the substrate is indicative of the binding of sperm to a mammalian egg; and (b) visualizing or quantitating the sperm bound to the substrate, thereby evaluating the ability of non-human mammalian sperm to bind to a mammalian egg.