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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Frank E. Block, III, Nashville, TN (US);
Philip C. Samson, Nashville, TN (US);
Erik M. Werner, Nashville, TN (US);
Dmitry A. Markov, Nashville, TN (US);
Ronald S. Reiserer, Nashville, TN (US);
Jennifer R. Mckenzie, Antioch, TN (US);
David E. Cliffel, Nashville, TN (US);
William J. Matloff, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Frank E. Block, Jr., Nashville, TN (US);
Joseph R. Scherrer, Nashville, TN (US);
W. Hunter Tidwell, Nashville, TN (US);
John P. Wikswo, Brentwood, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A platform for cultivation, maintenance, and/or analysis of one or more bio-objects includes one or more integrated bio-object microfluidics modules. Each integrated bio-object microfluidics module is configured to cultivate, maintain, analyze and/or mimic functionalities of a respective bio-object, and includes one or more on-chip pumps; a plurality of fluidic switches; and a microfluidic chip in fluid communication with the one or more on-chip pumps and the plurality of fluidic switches, having at least one chamber for accommodating the bio-object and a plurality of fluidic paths connecting the at least one chamber, the one or more on-chip pumps and the plurality of fluidic switches, and a power and control unit adapted for selectively and individually controlling the one or more on-chip pumps and the plurality of fluidic switches for performing bio-object microfluidics functions.