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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Anurup Ganguli, Urbana, IL (US);
Rashid Bashir, Champaign, IL (US);
Panagiotis Z. Anastasiadis, Jacksonville, FL (US);
George Vasmatzis, Oronoco, MN (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods and related devices for preparing a cell and tissue culture, including a hanging drop culture. Microwells are specially loaded with cell mixtures using a removable reservoir and forcing cells into the underlying microwells. The removable reservoir is removed and the cells partitioned into the individual microwells and covered by an immiscible layer of fluid. The microwells and immiscible layer is inverted and the cells in the microwells cultured. The microwells may have shape-controlling elements to control the three-dimensional shape of the culture.