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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Armon R. Sharei, Watertown, MA (US);
Andrea Adamo, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Klavs F. Jensen, Lexington, MA (US);
Armon R. Sharei, Watertown, MA (US);
Andrea Adamo, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Klavs F. Jensen, Lexington, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic system for causing perturbations in a cell membrane, the system including a microfluidic channel defining a lumen and being configured such that a cell suspended in a buffer can pass therethrough, wherein the microfluidic channel includes a cell-deforming constriction, wherein a diameter of the constriction is a function of the diameter of the cell.