Patent ID: 7276206
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for applying electrical field stimulation to cells, said system comprising: (a) a multiwell tissue culture plate, wherein the bottom of the wells is comprised of an optically transparent filter membrane upon which cells can be grown; (b) a trough suitable for containing fluid and configured such that said multiwell tissue culture plate may sit therein; (c) at least one first electrode disposed in said trough; and (d) an electrode head comprising a plurality of second electrodes in an amount corresponding to the number of wells in said multiwell tissue culture plate, wherein said electrode head and said plurality of electrodes are configured such that said electrodes are disposed in the wells of the multiwell tissue culture plate upon positioning said electrode head onto said multiwell tissue culture plate; and wherein said first electrode and said plurality of second electrodes are so disposed that when a pre-selected voltage is applied across the electrodes the transmembrane potential of cells within the wells is altered.