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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles L. Bailey, Fayetteville, TN (US);
Ken Alibek, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E12N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E12N 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a novel culture method and device in which living cells are cultured in a plurality of individual microdroplets that are immobilized and isolated within a matrix of hydrophobic particles. The hydrophobic particles adhere to inoculated microdroplets of media, isolating the microdroplets in an aseptic microenvironmet. The plurality of individual microdroplets provide and optimal environment for the concentrated growth of cultured cells contained therein.