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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Chandan Das, Little Rock, AR (US);
Ashley A. Jaeger, North Bethesda, MD (US);
Thomas J. Pohida, Monrovia, MD (US);
Michael M. Gottesman, Bethesda, MD (US);
Randall H. Pursley, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Philip G. McQueen, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Nicole Y. Morgan, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of microstructured membranes, methods of fabricating microstructured membranes, bioreactors housing microstructured membranes, and methods of using bioreactors and microstructured membranes. In some embodiments, the present disclosure allows culturing of cellular tissues in an environment which more accurately resembles a native environment. In some more specific embodiments, the present disclosure allows culturing of tumor cells on a membrane having a microfabricated pattern which mimics a native vasculature system.