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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Gregory L. Kirk, Winchester, MA (US);
Matthew Brown, Brighton, MA (US);
Emanuele Ostuni, Watertown, MA (US);
Enoch Kim, Boston, MA (US);
Bernardo D. Aumond, Somerville, MA (US);
Olivier Schueller, Somerville, MA (US);
Paul Sweetnam, Marblehead, MA (US);
Brian Benoit, Westborough, MA (US);
Surface Logix, Inc., Brighton, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method of monitoring haptotaxis comprising: providing a device for monitoring haptotaxis having a housing defining a chamber. The chamber includes: a first well region including at least one first well, the first well region configured to receive a test agent therein and further including biomolecules immobilized therein; a second well region including at least one second well, the second well region configured to receive a sample comprising cells therein and further being horizontally offset with respect to the first well region in a test orientation of the device; and a channel region with biomolecules immobilized therein and including at least one channel connecting the first well region and the second well region with one another. The method also includes forming a surface concentration gradient along a longitudinal axis of the chamber by decreasing the concentration of biomolecules from the at least one first well to the at least one second well; placing a first sample comprising cells in the at least one second well; and monitoring haptotaxis of the cells.