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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, CN;
Wang Xi, Singapore, SG;
Chwee Teck Lim, Singapore, SG;
Fang Kong, Singapore, SG;
Xiaobo Gong, Shanghai, CN;
National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, CN;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a flexible polymer-based microtube having an inner diameter of about 4 μm to about 1000 μm and a variable outer diameter, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the microtube can be, for instance, circular, rectangular, square, triangular, elliptical, star or irregular. The present invention also relates to a method of making the flexible microtube and devices incorporating the flexible microtube.