Microfluidic device for use in a system for measuring at least one mechanical property of at least one oocyte
AssigneesCollege De France, Universite D'Evry Val D'Essonne, Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm), Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
InventorsLucie BARBIER, Rose BULTEAU, Clément CAMPILLO, Marie-Emilie TERRET, Marie-Hélène VERLHAC
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Abstract
A microfluidic device for use in a system for measuring at least one biomarker, of at least one oocyte, the microfluidic device including at least one microfluidic channel configured for a passage of a flow of fluid with at least one oocyte, the microfluidic channel including a restriction section configured to deform the oocyte in at least a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to a microfluidic channel axis, the first direction being different from the second direction.
Claims14
1-11. (canceled)
A microfluidic device for use in a system for measuring at least one biomarker, of at least one oocyte, said microfluidic device comprising at least one microfluidic channel configured for a passage of a flow of fluid comprising at least one oocyte, the microfluidic channel comprising a restriction section configured to deform the oocyte in at least a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to a microfluidic channel axis, the first direction and the second direction being non-aligned.
The microfluidic device according to claim 4, wherein the oocyte has an oocyte size and the restriction section has a transversal section of 80% of the oocyte size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.