University of Münster

Mario Rothbauer

Peter Ertl

Sebastian R A Kratz

Christoph Eilenberger

Patrick Schuller

Heinz Wanzenböck

The present invention relates to a microfluidic device () for the production of cellular spheroids comprising at least one chamber () comprising a fluid inlet () for introducing fluid into the chamber () and a fluid outlet () for removing said fluid from the chamber (), wherein said at least one chamber () comprises a base formed by a substrate () comprising at least two recesses () to collect a fluid comprising biological cells when the substrate () is contacted with the fluid, wherein the size of the at least two recesses () decreases from the fluid inlet () to the fluid outlet () of the at least one chamber ().

Production of cellular spheroids

The present invention relates to transmission elements () for testing/determining the tensile or shear strength of a bonding between two elongated shaped specimen elements by transmitting a tensile or shear force () to a specimen element ().

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Pfaffstätten, Austria

Mario Rothbauer