Microfluidic apparatus to control liposome formation

US8715591B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology · US

Inventors

• Michael Gaitan · North Potomac, US
• Andreas Jahn · Tambach-Dietharz, DE
• Laurie E. Locascio · Gaithersburg, US
• Wyatt N. Vreeland · Washington, US
• Joseph E. Reiner · Fredericksburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 2010
• Grant date: May 6, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/0318
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus to create a homogenous liposome population without post-processing using laminar flow/diffusive mixing, and for reducing waste discharge of the therapeutic or compound to be encapsulated and delivered by the liposomes.