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公开(公告)号:US20250018386A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-16
申请号:US18901981
申请日:2024-09-30
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Dino Di Carlo , Chueh-Yu Wu
IPC: B01L3/02 , B01L3/00 , C12N1/04 , C12N5/071 , C12N5/0783 , C12Q1/6806 , G01N33/543
Abstract: Sub-millimeter scale three-dimensional (3D) structures are disclosed with customizable chemical properties and/or functionality. The 3D structures are referred to as drop-carrier particles. The drop-carrier particles allow the selective association of one solution (i.e., a dispersed phased) with an interior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles, while a second non-miscible solution (i.e., a continuous phase) associates with an exterior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles due to the specific chemical and/or physical properties of the interior and exterior regions of the drop-carrier particles. The combined drop-carrier particle with the dispersed phase contained therein is referred to as a particle-drop. The selective association results in compartmentalization of the dispersed phase solution into sub-microliter-sized volumes contained in the drop-carrier particles. The compartmentalized volumes can be used for single-molecule assays as well as single-cell, and other single-entity assays.
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公开(公告)号:US20240302264A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-12
申请号:US18560106
申请日:2022-05-05
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Dino Di Carlo , Joseph de Rutte , Robert Dimatteo
IPC: G01N15/149 , G01N15/14
CPC classification number: G01N15/149 , G01N15/1459
Abstract: A method of analyzing shaped particles using a flow cytometer or a fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS) includes flowing a population of shaped particles with at least some of the population of shaped particles having cells loaded therein through the flow cytometer or FACS and optically interrogating the shaped particles in the flow cytometer or FACS to measure scattered light for each shaped particle. A target shaped particle having a cell loaded therein is detected based at least in part on a measurement of forward scattered light, side scattered light, or back scattered light. The target shaped particle may also be identified with a measured fluorescence signal level. Sorting of target shaped particles may be optimized by adjusting one or more of a drop delay or a sorting mask configuration for the flow cytometer or FACS.
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公开(公告)号:US12038370B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US17621979
申请日:2020-07-02
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Aydogan Ozcan , Aniruddha Ray , Yibo Zhang , Dino Di Carlo
IPC: G01N15/1433 , B03C1/01 , B03C1/02 , G01N15/1434 , G03H1/00 , G06V10/147 , G06V10/82 , G06V20/69 , G01N15/01 , G01N15/10
CPC classification number: G01N15/1433 , B03C1/01 , B03C1/02 , G01N15/1434 , G03H1/0005 , G06V10/147 , G06V10/82 , G06V20/693 , G06V20/698 , B03C2201/18 , B03C2201/26 , G01N15/01 , G01N2015/1006 , G03H2001/005 , G03H2222/12
Abstract: A computational cytometer operates using magnetically modulated lensless speckle imaging, which introduces oscillatory motion to magnetic bead-conjugated rare cells of interest through a periodic magnetic force and uses lensless time-resolved holographic speckle imaging to rapidly detect the target cells in three-dimensions (3D). Detection specificity is further enhanced through a deep learning-based classifier that is based on a densely connected pseudo-3D convolutional neural network (P3D CNN), which automatically detects rare cells of interest based on their spatio-temporal features under a controlled magnetic force. This compact, cost-effective and high-throughput computational cytometer can be used for rare cell detection and quantification in bodily fluids for a variety of biomedical applications.
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公开(公告)号:US11931481B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US17877933
申请日:2022-07-30
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Dino Di Carlo , Westbrook Weaver , Tatiana Segura , Jaekyung Koh , Philip Scumpia , Donald R. Griffin
CPC classification number: A61L27/52 , A61K9/0019 , A61K9/1635 , A61K9/1641 , A61K9/1652 , A61K39/39 , A61L27/54 , A61L27/56 , C08H1/00 , A61K2039/60 , A61K2039/6093 , A61L2300/426 , A61L2300/64 , A61L2400/06
Abstract: A hydrogel material for use in a human subject or other mammal includes a collection of microgel particles having one or more network cross linker components, wherein the microgel particles, when exposed to an endogenous or exogenous annealing agent, links the microgel particles together in situ to form a covalently-stabilized scaffold of microgel particles having pores formed between the microgel particles wherein the pores are substantially devoid of hydrogel.
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公开(公告)号:US20230333114A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-19
申请号:US18044371
申请日:2021-09-08
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Dino Di Carlo , Yilian Wang , Vishwesh Nilesh Shah
IPC: G01N33/58 , G01N33/543 , G01N15/14
CPC classification number: G01N33/581 , G01N33/582 , G01N33/54313 , G01N15/1459 , G01N2333/908 , G01N2015/149
Abstract: A particle-based assay system is disclosed that uses hydrogel microparticles that capture analytes of interest from a sample which are subsequently bound with catalytic reporter complexes. Catalytic reporter complexes bound to the hydrogel microparticles generate signals that are accumulated in the vicinity of the hydrogel microparticle at high concentration (or on or within the hydrogel microparticles). In some circumstances, the reporter complex-bound hydrogel microparticles are encapsulated in an emulsion. Preferably, the emulsion is substantially uniform and contains one hydrogel microparticle per droplet. The accumulated signal generated by the catalytic reporter complexes is contained inside the emulsion, and/or optionally immobilized onto or inside the hydrogel microparticle. Signals are read and analyzed using optical instruments such as flow cytometers. Breaking the emulsion prior to signal analysis is optional. In some embodiments, a sample is introduced to hydrogel microparticles in a dried state to concentrate analytes of interest.
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公开(公告)号:US20230173479A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-08
申请号:US18161322
申请日:2023-01-30
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Dino Di Carlo , Chueh-Yu Wu
IPC: B01L3/02 , B01L3/00 , G01N33/543 , C12N1/04 , C12N5/071 , C12N5/0783 , C12Q1/6806
CPC classification number: B01L3/0262 , B01L3/502715 , B01L3/502784 , G01N33/5432 , C12N1/04 , C12N5/0625 , C12N5/0636 , C12Q1/6806 , B01L2300/021 , B01L2300/0816 , B01L2300/0877 , B01L2300/0896
Abstract: Sub-millimeter scale three-dimensional (3D) structures are disclosed with customizable chemical properties and/or functionality. The 3D structures are referred to as drop-carrier particles. The drop-carrier particles allow the selective association of one solution (i.e., a dispersed phased) with an interior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles, while a second non-miscible solution (i.e., a continuous phase) associates with an exterior portion of each of the drop-carrier particles due to the specific chemical and/or physical properties of the interior and exterior regions of the drop-carrier particles. The combined drop-carrier particle with the dispersed phase contained therein is referred to as a particle-drop. The selective association results in compartmentalization of the dispersed phase solution into sub-microliter-sized volumes contained in the drop-carrier particles. The compartmentalized volumes can be used for single-molecule assays as well as single-cell, and other single-entity assays.
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公开(公告)号:US20220370686A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-24
申请号:US17877933
申请日:2022-07-30
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Dino Di Carlo , Westbrook Weaver , Tatiana Segura , Jaekyung Koh , Philip Scumpia , Donald R. Griffin
Abstract: A hydrogel material for use in a human subject or other mammal includes a collection of microgel particles having one or more network cross linker components, wherein the microgel particles, when exposed to an endogenous or exogenous annealing agent, links the microgel particles together in situ to form a covalently-stabilized scaffold of microgel particles having pores formed between the microgel particles wherein the pores are substantially devoid of hydrogel.
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公开(公告)号:US20220026412A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-27
申请号:US17496752
申请日:2021-10-07
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Dino Di Carlo , Peter Tseng , Ivan Pushkarsky
Abstract: A system for assaying forces applied by cells includes an optically transparent substrate comprising a soft material having a Young's modulus within the range of about 3 kPa to about 100 kPa. An array of molecular patterns is disposed on a surface of the optically transparent substrate, the molecular patterns include fluorophore-conjugated patterns adherent to cells. The system includes at least one light source configured to excite the fluorophore-conjugated patterns and an imaging device configured to capture fluorescent light emitted from the fluorophore-conjugated patterns. Dimensional changes in the size of the patterns are used to determine contractile forces imparted by cells located on the patterns.
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公开(公告)号:US20210403649A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US17279283
申请日:2019-10-18
Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Inventor: Amir Sheikhi , Dino Di Carlo , Alireza Khademhosseini , Joseph de Rutte
Abstract: Despite the significant advances in designing injectable bulk hydrogels, the inability to control the pore interconnectivity and decoupling it from the matrix stiffness has tremendously limited the applicability of stiff, flowable hydrogels for 3D cellular engineering. To address this problem, we developed a universal method to convert macromolecules and the like with orthogonal chemical and/or physical responsivity, e.g., thermosensitive macromolecules with chemically-crosslinkable moieties, into annealable building blocks, forming 3D microporous beaded scaffolds in a bottom-up approach. For example, gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA), a widely used biomaterial in tissue engineering, may be converted into physically-crosslinked microbeads using a facile microfluidic approach, followed by flow of the microbead slurry and chemical crosslinking in situ to fabricate microporous beaded GelMA (B-GelMA) scaffolds with interconnected pores, promoting cell functionality and rapid (within minutes) 3D seeding in stiff scaffolds, which are otherwise impossible in the bulk gel counterparts.
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公开(公告)号:US20210382052A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-09
申请号:US17285906
申请日:2019-10-18
Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Inventor: Hyou-Arm Joung , Zachary S. Ballard , Omai Garner , Dino Di Carlo , Aydogan Ozcan
IPC: G01N33/569 , B01L3/00
Abstract: A multiplexed vertical flow serodiagnostic testing device for diseases such as Lyme disease includes one or more multi-piece cassettes that include vertical stacks of functionalized porous layers therein. A bottom piece of the cassette includes a sensing membrane with a plurality of spatially multiplexed immunoreaction spots or locations. Top pieces are used to deliver sample and/or buffer solutions along with antibody-conjugated nanoparticles for binding with the immunoreaction spots or locations. A colorimetric signal is generated by the nanoparticles captured on the sensing membrane containing disease-specific antigens. The sensing membrane is imaged by a cost-effective portable reader device. The images captured by the reader device are subject to image processing and analysis to generate positive (+) or negative (−) indication for the sample. A concentration of one or more biomarkers may also be generated. The testing device is rapid, simple, inexpensive, and allows for simultaneous measurement of multiple antibodies and/or antigens making it an ideal point-of-care platform for disease diagnosis.
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