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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Keng-hui Lin, Taipei, TW;
Narayan Mishra, Saharanpur, IM;
Yen-liang Liu, Shalu Township, TW;
Chen-chie Wang, Sindian, TW;
Keng-Hui Lin, Taipei, TW;
Narayan Mishra, Saharanpur, IM;
Yen-Liang Liu, Shalu Township, TW;
Chen-Chie Wang, Sindian, TW;
Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for using microfluidics to generate bubbles and using the generated bubbles to construct scaffolds and cell-holding structures for culturing biological samples or analytes. In one implementation, a scaffold for growing cells is provided to include a matrix of interconnected cavities formed from mixing a gas and a liquid containing a cross linkable material to produce a matrix of gas bubbles of substantially the same size and cross linking the cross linkable material to form a structure in which cells are grown. In another implementation, a scaffold apparatus for growing cells includes a ball of a cross linked material forming an exterior shell that encloses to form a hollow interior inside the ball and biological samples embedded in the external shell.