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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Noo LI Jeon, Irvine, CA (US);
Wajeeh Saadi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Seog Woo Rhee, Kongju, KR;
Bobak Mosadegh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Carlos Huang, Irvine, CA (US);
Noo Li Jeon, Irvine, CA (US);
Wajeeh Saadi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Seog Woo Rhee, Kongju, KR;
Bobak Mosadegh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Carlos Huang, Irvine, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to devices and systems that may generate and maintain a chemical gradient. In one embodiment, the invention provides a source and a sink channel so that a gradient bridge is created. In another embodiment, the gradient bridge creates a stable environment for facilitating molecular events to occur, such as a cell migration, or formation of crystallized molecules.