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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2020
Molecular Devices, Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Molecular Devices (Austria) Gmbh, Puch Hallein, AT;
Molecular Devices, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for cultivating cells in media-exchanging wells. In an exemplary method of cell cultivation, a device () may be selected that includes a row of wells (), and a first reservoir () and a second reservoir () located at opposite ends of the row of wells (). Each well () may have a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion of each well () of at least two of the wells () may contain a cell culture in contact with a liquid. Liquid may be transferred between the first reservoir () and the second reservoir () at least partly along a flow path () defined by the device and extending through the upper portion of each well () of the row of wells (), such that molecules of the media are exchanged between or among the at least two wells ().