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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
John Christopher Love, Somerville, MA (US);
Eliseo Papa, Brescia, IT;
Craig M. Story, Salem, MA (US);
John Christopher Love, Somerville, MA (US);
Eliseo Papa, Brescia, IT;
Craig M. Story, Salem, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A microarray formed in a planar surface of a moldable slab, the microarray including a plurality of microwell sets comprising a plurality of microwells formed in the planar surface of the moldable slab, each microwell being sized to contain at least a single cell, and a plurality of microchannels formed in the planar surface of the moldable slab, the plurality of microchannels being configured to permit liquid from a first region of the microarray to transit to a second region of the microarray.