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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gillian M Humphries, Los Altos, CA (US);
Donald L Miller, Kensington, CA (US);
Jeffrey M Libby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Henry L Schwartz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Molecular Devices Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M / ; C12M / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435291 ; 435288 ; 435817 ; 204403 ;
Abstract
This invention encompasses porous microchambers which contain cells and permit liquid to flow in and out of the chamber while retaining cells within the chamber. These porous microchambers serve as disposable devices for placing cells in a microflowchamber so that properties of the cells within the porous microchamber can be measured.