Patents by Inventor Ron Schwarz

Ron Schwarz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for optically determining dynamic behaviour of contracting muscle cells
    Publication number: 20060275745
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method for optically determining the dynamic behaviour of contracting muscle cells, such as cardiomyocytes in a cell culture, for example, wherein a video sequence of the contracting muscle cells is made using a video camera (3), an image processing unit (4) is used to calculate a displacement vector for each image element and each moment of the video sequence, said vector describing the movement of the image content in the image element, and at least one parameter describing the dynamic behaviour of the muscle cells is determined from the displacement vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventor: Ron Schwarz