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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2019
Applicants:

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);

Inventors:

Teresa K. Woodruff, Chicago, IL (US);

Ji-Yong Julie Kim, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Joanna E. Burdette, Chicago, IL (US);

Spiro Getsios, Chicago, IL (US);

Sevim Yildiz Arslan, Chicago, IL (US);

Shuo Xiao, Chicago, IL (US);

Jie Zhu, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/071 (2010.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0682 (2013.01); C12M 21/08 (2013.01); C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12N 5/0697 (2013.01); C12N 2501/11 (2013.01); C12N 2501/31 (2013.01); C12N 2502/243 (2013.01); C12N 2513/00 (2013.01); C12N 2533/74 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates generally to a three-dimensional cell and tissue culture system for the female reproductive tract. In particular provided herein the system includes individual female reproductive cultures in a dynamic microfluidic setting or integrated using a microfluidic microphysiologic system. In some embodiments, the present invention provides ex-vivo female reproductive tract integration in a three dimensional (3D) microphysiologic system.


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