[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28672]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability of Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application 09/047,389 Concerning ``Flow-
through Cell Culture Chamber''

AGENCY: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7, annoucement is made of the 
availability of U.S. Patent Application SN 09/047,389 entitled ``Flow-
through Cell Culture Chamber.'' This patent has been assigned to the 
United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 
Command Judge Advocate, MCMR-JA, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Charles Harris, Patent Attorney, 301-619-7807, Fax 301-619-5034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invention provides a simple and efficient 
flow-through cell culture chamber that can be easily assembled and 
disassembled without use of special tools, is constructed and arranged 
such that breakage of cover slips or other parts caused by uneven or 
over tightening is substantially avoided and is easily cleaned and 
sterilized. It can be used, over long periods of time, to study the 
effects of any type of agent, that can be added to the perfusate, on an 
unlimited variety of living cells using either visible microscopy or 
the rapidly expanding field of fluorescent imaging. The chamber can be 
adapted to any microscope stage while using a wide variety of 
objectives to allow observations ranging from large populations of 
cells to single-cell studies using oil immersion lenses.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-28672 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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