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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Inventors:
Ryan R. Hansen, Manhattan, KS (US);
Thomas G. Platt, Manhattan, KS (US);
Andre Jacobus van der Vlies, Manhattan, KS (US);
Assignee:
Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01D 63/08 (2006.01); C12M 1/32 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 71/52 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); B01D 63/088 (2013.01); B01D 67/0006 (2013.01); B01D 71/52 (2013.01); C12M 23/12 (2013.01); C12M 23/20 (2013.01); C12M 37/04 (2013.01); B01D 2323/30 (2013.01); B01D 2323/36 (2013.01); B01D 2325/36 (2013.01); B01D 2325/44 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polymer hydrogels and methods for selective retrieval of microbial targets from microwells and other cell culture devices. The methods use semi-permeable, photodegradable hydrogel membranes that permit exchange of nutrients and waste products but seals motile bacteria and other microbes within microwells. Light exposure can be used to degrade the hydrogel membrane in a targeted manner and release the microbes from targeted microwells for further study.