Patent ID: 9581600
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. An in vitro method for determining mitochondrial function of a subject comprising: providing an apparatus comprising two sample lines, each one of said sample lines comprising a pump, a filter capsule in fluid communication with said pump and positioned downstream from said pump, a collection unit in fluid communication with said filter capsule and positioned downstream from said filter capsule, a first zone associated with said pump, a second zone associated with said filter capsule, and a third zone associated with said collection unit; providing viable cells or tissue sample isolated from said subject in said filter capsule of a first one of said sample lines, and a blank or reference sample in said filter capsule of the second one of said sample lines; for each one of said sample lines: determining a level of said mitochondrial function by comparing said levels of said labelled compound measured from said sample lines.