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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Heiko Zimmermann, Waldbrunn, DE;
Julia Neubauer, St. Ingbert, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an encapsulating device (), which is designed to encapsulate a sample () in a polymer capsule, comprising a drop generator (), which is designed to provide a drop () of a suspension, which drop contains the sample (), and a cross-linking device (), which is designed to polymerize the drop (), wherein the drop generator () has a retaining device (), which is designed to accommodate the drop () in a hanging state, and the cross-linking device () is designed to feed a polymerization substance to the hanging drop () on the retaining device () and to form the polymer capsule. The invention further relates to a method for encapsulating a sample () in a polymer capsule.