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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2020
Applicant:
South Dakota Board of Regents, Pierre, SD (US);
Inventors:
Scott Wood, Rapid City, SD (US);
Ram Saraswat, Rapid City, SD (US);
Assignee:
SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS, Pierre, SD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/077 (2010.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 25/14 (2013.01); C12M 23/20 (2013.01); C12N 5/0655 (2013.01); C12M 25/06 (2013.01); C12N 2533/00 (2013.01); C12N 2533/30 (2013.01); C12N 2533/76 (2013.01); C12N 2535/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes hydrogels which are micropatterned with a network of wells for cell culture. In a preferred embodiment, the micropatterned hydrogels are embedded with a nanomaterial. Further described are methods of forming the micropatterned hydrogels and methods of culturing cells in the micropatterned hydrogels. The hydrogels can be natural or synthetic.