Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valved, microwell cell-culture device and method
- Patent Title (中): 有限,微孔细胞培养装置及方法
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Application No.: US14053688Application Date: 2013-10-15
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Publication No.: US09371929B2Publication Date: 2016-06-21
- Inventor: Paul Ju-Sung Hung , Philip Janmin Lee
- Applicant: EMD Millipore Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Billerica
- Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
- Current Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Billerica
- Agency: Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC
- Main IPC: C12M1/34
- IPC: C12M1/34 ; F16K27/02 ; C12M1/32 ; C12M3/06 ; C12M1/00 ; C12M1/36 ; F16K99/00 ; B29C65/00 ; G01N33/543 ; B01L3/00 ; G01N35/00

Abstract:
A valved microfluidics device, microfluidics cell-culture device and system incorporating the devices are disclosed. The valved microfluidics device includes a substrate, a microchannel through which liquid can be moved from one station to another within the device, and a pneumatic microvalve adapted to be switched between open and closed states to control the flow of fluid through a microchannel. The microvalve is formed of three flexible membranes, one of which is responsive to pneumatic pressure applied to the valve and the other two of which deform to produce a more sealable channel cross-section. The cell culture device provides valving to allow controlled loading of cells into the individual well of the device, and exchange of cell-culture components in the wells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140090735A1 Valved, Microwell Cell-Culture Device And Method Public/Granted day:2014-04-03
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