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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/09 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12M 21/08 (2013.01); C12M 23/20 (2013.01); C12M 29/26 (2013.01); C12M 47/02 (2013.01); C12N 5/0062 (2013.01); C12N 5/0693 (2013.01); C12N 2513/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a microfluidic device () for the production of cellular spheroids comprising at least one chamber () comprising a fluid inlet () for introducing fluid into the chamber () and a fluid outlet () for removing said fluid from the chamber (), wherein said at least one chamber () comprises a base formed by a substrate () comprising at least two recesses () to collect a fluid comprising biological cells when the substrate () is contacted with the fluid, wherein the size of the at least two recesses () decreases from the fluid inlet () to the fluid outlet () of the at least one chamber ().