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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
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);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urban, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
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.