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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Rashid Bashir, Champaign, IL (US);
Vincent Chan, Somerville, MA (US);
Ritu Raman, Champaign, IL (US);
Caroline Cvetkovic, Darien, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C12N 11/04 (2006.01); C12N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5029 (2013.01); C12N 11/04 (2013.01); C12N 13/00 (2013.01); G01N 2500/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides locomotive biological machines comprised of hydrogel structures and one or more types of cells. The locomotive biological machines are capable of controlled directional movement and can be used for sensing, information processing, actuation, protein expression, and transportation.