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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Sara Thorslund, Uppsala, SE;
Johan Kreuger, Uppsala, SE;
Hugo Nguyen, Uppsala, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gradientech AB, Uppsala, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/28 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microfluidic capsule () comprises a top lid (), a middle piece () and a bottom piece () to be assembled to enclose a microfluidic substrate () for analysis of cells and biochemical reactions. The middle piece () comprises support structures in the form of support pillars () and walls () around a central light window () to provide mechanical support and prevent tension-induced structural deformations. When fully assembled, light windows () in the top lid (), middle piece () and bottom piece () allows inspection of biological and/or biochemical samples positioned in the enclosed microfluidic substrate ().