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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2021
Applicants:

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN;

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, CN;

Inventors:

Bee Luan Khoo, Hong Kong, CN;

Song Lin Chua, Hong Kong, CN;

Yanlin Deng, Hong Kong, CN;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01D 15/08 (2006.01); B01F 33/302 (2022.01); B01F 33/3033 (2022.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/80 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12N 1/14 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6848 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); G01N 15/10 (2024.01); G01N 15/14 (2024.01); G01N 15/1433 (2024.01); G01N 21/29 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01); G01N 30/72 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/557 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5011 (2013.01); C12M 23/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a microfluidic device comprising: a microfluidic device for preparing a cell model, comprising: a housing having at least three layers; a first inlet area at a top layer and at one end of the housing for receiving a first mixture comprising cells; a second inlet area at the top layer and at an opposite end of the housing for receiving a second mixture containing one or more agents or one or more pathogens; and a plurality of microchannels through which the first mixture and/or the second mixture flows into corresponding wells, wherein each microchannel has an end in fluid communication with the first inlet area, and another end in fluid communication with the second inlet area. There are also provided methods comprising using the device.


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