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Culturing station for microfluidic device

A microfluidic device and microfluidic technology, applied in the field of processing and culturing biological cells, can solve time-consuming problems

Pending Publication Date: 2018-01-02
BERKELEY LIGHTS
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For example, although microfluidic devices have been applied to the analysis of biological cells, the cultivation of such cells continues to be performed in tissue culture plates, which is time consuming and requires relatively large quantities of expensive cell culture media, disposable plastic dishes, microtiter plate etc.

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[0037] This specification describes exemplary embodiments and applications of the invention. However, the invention is not limited to these exemplary embodiments and applications, or to the manner in which the exemplary embodiments and applications operate or are described herein. Furthermore, the drawings may show simplified or partial views, and the dimensions of elements in the drawings may not be scaled up or down for clarity. Furthermore, when the terms "on," "attached to," or "bonded to" are used herein, an element (eg, material, layer, substrate, etc.) may be "on," "attached to," another element (eg, material, layer, substrate, etc.) to another element", or "coupled to another element", whether the one element is directly on, attached or connected to the other element, or there are one or more intervening elements in the between an element and that other element. In addition, if provided, orientation (e.g., above, below, top, bottom, side, above, below, below, above, ...

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Abstract

A station for culturing biological cells in a microfluidic device is provided. The station includes one or more thermally conductive mounting interfaces, each mounting interface being configured to have a microfluidic device detachably mounted thereon; a thermal regulation system configured to control a temperature of microfluidic devices detachably mounted on the one or more mounting interfaces;and a media perfusion system configured to controllably and selectively dispense a flowable culturing medium into microfluidic devices detachably mounted on the one or mounting interfaces.

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technical field [0001] In general, the present disclosure relates to the use of microfluidic devices to process and culture biological cells. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of the field of microfluidics, microfluidic devices have become convenient platforms for handling and manipulating micro-targets such as biological cells. Even so, the full potential of microfluidic devices, especially for applications in the biological sciences, remains unrealized. For example, although microfluidic devices have been applied to the analysis of biological cells, the cultivation of such cells continues to be performed in tissue culture plates, which is time consuming and requires relatively large quantities of expensive cell culture media, disposable plastic dishes, Microtiter plates, etc. Contents of the invention [0003] According to exemplary embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided a culture station for culturing biological cells in a microflu...

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IPC IPC(8): C12M1/00C12M1/02C12M1/04C12M1/12C12M1/24C12M1/26C12M1/34C12M1/36C12M3/00C12M3/06B01L3/00B01L7/00
CPCB01L3/502715C12M23/16C12M23/44C12M29/10C12M41/22B01L7/52C12M23/58C12M23/26C12M23/08C12M41/44C12M23/24C12M33/00C12M37/00C12M23/34C12M41/48C12M41/06C12M41/46C12M23/20C12M23/22C12M23/38C12M23/50
Inventor 凯斯·J·布林格罗素·A·纽斯壮J·坦纳·内维尔J·M·麦克尤恩大卫·A·威斯贝克
Owner BERKELEY LIGHTS