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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Maxime Dahan, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Mathieu Morel, Paris, FR;
Jean-christophe Galas, Marcoussis, FR;
Vincent Studer, Bordeaux, FR;
Denis Bartolo, Lyons, FR;
Maxime Dahan, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Mathieu Morel, Paris, FR;
Jean-Christophe Galas, Marcoussis, FR;
Vincent Studer, Bordeaux, FR;
Denis Bartolo, Lyons, FR;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, Paris, FR;
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FR;
Univerité Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Paris, FR;
Fonds de l'ESPCI-Georges Charpak, Paris, FR;
Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a microfluidic system for controlling a card for the concentration of molecules capable of stimulating a target, for example formed by an assembly of living cells, characterized in that the system comprises a microfluidic device () comprising: n≧1 microfluidic channel(s) (), the or each channel being provided with at least one inlet orifice for at least one fluid and with at least one outlet orifice for this fluid; n≧2 openings () formed in the microfluidic channel or distributed in the various microfluidic channels, said openings being arranged in one and the same plane so that they form a network having at least one dimension in this plane, the numbers n of microfluidic channel(s) and n of openings being linked by the relationship (I) with 1≦i≦n and n the number of openings for the channel c; at least one microporous membrane () covering the network of openings, the target being intended to be positioned on the side of the membrane which is opposite the microfluidic channel(s); one or more fluid feed means for feeding the or each microfluidic channel with fluid, at least one of these fluids comprising molecules for stimulating the target.