Microfluidic control
AssigneeEmulate, Inc.
InventorsChristopher David Hinojosa, Grace Ahn
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Abstract
The present invention is related to the field of fluidic devices, and in particular, microfluidic cell culture systems. The present invention provides pumping, recirculation and sampling for a microfluidic device or devices. The present invention provides solutions to the control of microfluidics for both terrestrial and space applications, including the control over the movement of fluids in zero gravity or microgravity.
Claims8
1-174. (canceled)
An assembly, comprising a) one or more flexible cell culture media reservoirs and b) one or more flexible reagent reservoirs contained within c) a container, said container i) in fluidic communication with d) a pump and e) a working fluid reservoir and ii) comprising a working fluid, said flexible cell culture reservoirs i) in fluidic communication with d) one or more microfluidic devices and ii) comprising cell culture media, said one or more flexible reagent reservoirs i) in fluidic communication with one or more microfluidic devices and ii) comprising reagent, wherein there is no mixing of said working fluid with said cell culture media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.