Methods for encapsulating and assaying cells
US12179191B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 2023 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2400/0677
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In biosciences and related fields, it can be useful to study cells in isolation so that cells having unique and desirable properties can be identified within a heterogenous mixture of cells. Processes and methods disclosed herein provide for encapsulating cells within a microfluidic device and assaying the encapsulated cells. Encapsulation can, among other benefits, facilitate analyses of cells that generate secretions of interest which would otherwise rapidly diffuse away or mix with the secretions of other cells.
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