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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2019
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
Young-tae Kim, Arlington, TX (US);
Loan Bui, Arlington, TX (US);
James Battiste, Edmond, OK (US);
Xue Cai, Edmond, OK (US);
Michael Sughrue, Sydney, AU;
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman, OK (US);
Abstract
A method and device for isolating a migratory cell population from a mixed population of migratory cells and non-migratory cells is described herein. The method comprises placing the mixed population of migratory cells and non-migratory cells in contact with a device having one or more microchannels; and isolating the migratory cell population within the microchannels following an incubation period, wherein the one or more microchannels have an average size in a proliferation direction of the migratory cells that is less than a minimum proliferation space of the migratory cells along the proliferation direction.