US Patent Issued to EMORY UNIVERSITY on Nov. 3 for "Devices and methods useful for imaging transient and rare mechanical events in cells" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,267, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta).

"Devices and methods useful for imaging transient and rare mechanical events in cells" was invented by Khalid Salaita (Atlanta) and Rong Ma (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to devices and methods for imaging transient mechanical events in cells. In certain embodiments, this disclosure contemplates devices comprising receptors, cells or cell membranes comprising receptors, a molecular beacon as a linker between a solid surface and a ligand, and a locking oligonucleotide that selectively binds a portion of the hairpi...