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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/533 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5432 (2013.01); B01F 13/0071 (2013.01); B01L 3/0241 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); G01N 33/54346 (2013.01); G01N 33/56911 (2013.01); G01N 33/56966 (2013.01); G01N 33/57492 (2013.01); G01N 33/6863 (2013.01); G01N 35/08 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0668 (2013.01); G01N 33/533 (2013.01);
Abstract
Platform technology involving aqueous microdroplet reaction vessels created, arrayed, and characterized by imaging microscopy in a microfluidic device are applied to a wide variety of bioassays involving the detection and phenotypic characterization of single cells. The bioassays include the rapid and automated detection of microbial pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity from patient samples as well as the characterization of immune responses using a patient's own cells, including the killing of tumor cells.