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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Volker L. S. Kurz, Oakland, CA (US);
Jason M. McEwen, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Kellen C. Mobilia, Dublin, CA (US);
Alexander J. Mastroianni, Alameda, CA (US);
Joshua J. Cardiel Rivera, Beaverton, OR (US);
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
In biosciences and related fields, it can be useful to study cells in isolation so that cells having unique and desirable properties can be identified within a heterogenous mixture of cells. Processes and methods disclosed herein provide for encapsulating cells within a microfluidic device and assaying the encapsulated cells. Encapsulation can, among other benefits, facilitate analyses of cells that generate secretions of interest which would otherwise rapidly diffuse away or mix with the secretions of other cells.