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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2018
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
David E. Cliffel, Nashville, TN (US);
Dmitry A. Markov, Nashville, TN (US);
John A. McLean, Nashville, TN (US);
Lisa Joy McCawley, Nashville, TN (US);
Phillip C. Samson, Nashville, TN (US);
Ronald S. Reiserer, Nashville, TN (US);
Frank Emmanuel Block, Nashville, TN (US);
Jennifer Robin McKenzie, Nashville, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A microclinical analyzer usable for analysis of one or more bio-objects, each bio-object including an organ or a group of cells includes a fluidic network having a plurality of fluidic switches, a plurality of fluidic paths in fluid communication with the plurality of fluidic switches, and one or more on-chip pumps coupled to corresponding fluidic paths; a sensor array coupled to the fluidic network; and a microcontroller for individually controlling the plurality of fluidic switches and the one or more on-chip pumps of the fluidic network as so to operably and selectively deliver an effluent of at least one bio-object to the sensor array for detecting properties of the effluent, or to a predetermined outlet destination.