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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anurag Mathur, Berkeley, CA (US);
Peter Loskill, Berkeley, CA (US);
Luke P. Lee, Orinda, CA (US);
Kevin E. Healy, Moraga, CA (US);
Soongweon Hong, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12M 33/12 (2013.01); C12M 41/46 (2013.01); G01N 33/4836 (2013.01); G01N 33/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a microfluidics device for culturing cells, such as cardiomyocytes or cardiomyocyte progenitors; and methods of culturing cells using the device. The device and culturing methods find use in drug screening methods, for methods of evaluating a drug under development, and for methods of predicting patient response to a given treatment regimen, which methods are also provided.