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Cellular response to surface with nanoscale heterogeneous rigidity

US10550365B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

Manus J.P. Biggs · Galway, IE
Ryan Cooper · San Diego, US
Jinyu Liao · Singapore, SG
Teresa Anne Fazio · Poughkeepsie, US
Carl Fredrik Oskar Dahlberg · Stockholm, SE
Jeffrey W. Kysar · New York, US
Samuel Jonas Wind · White Plains, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 2017
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2537/10
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An elastomeric substrate comprises a surface with regions of heterogeneous rigidity, wherein the regions are formed by exposing the elastomeric substrate to an energy source to form the regions such that the regions include a rigidity pattern comprising spots.

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