On-chip microfluidic processing of particles

US11493428B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• GPB Scientific, LLC · US
• UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE · US
• THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Michael GRISHAM · Richmond, US
• Curt I. Civin · Baltimore, US
• James C. Sturm · Princeton, US
• Robert H. Austin · Princeton, US
• Joseph D'SILVA · North Wales, US
• Yu-Chih Chen · Sha Tin, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: May 4, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2015/1493
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Described herein are microfluidic devices and methods that can greatly improve cell quality, streamline workflows, and lower costs. Applications include research and clinical diagnostics in cancer, infectious disease, and inflammatory disease, among other disease areas.