Devices, systems and methods for inhibiting invasion and metasases of cancer
US11970680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/5017
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention generally relates to a microfluidic platforms or “chips” for testing and understanding cancer, and, more specifically, for understanding the factors that contribute to cancer invading tissues and causing metastases. Tumor cells are grown on microfluidic devices with other non-cancerous tissues under conditions that simulate tumor invasion. The interaction with immune cells can be tested to inhibit this activity by linking a cancer chip to a lymph chip.
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