Method for Generating Hydrogel Microparticles

A microfluidic method for generating hydrogel microparticles for cultivating cells wherein a dispersion medium flows through a second channel, and wherein a medium to be dispersed which comprises a hydrogel flows through a first channel and wherein the dispersion medium and the medium to be dispersed meet at a connection point of the first channel and the second channel, and wherein the hydrogel microparticles of the medium to be dispersed are pinched off, which are conveyed further via a third channel, the microfluidic method comprising:

• using a hydrophilic culture medium as the dispersion medium;
• using a hydrophilic hydrogel cell suspension as the medium to be dispersed;
• and
• initiating a polymerization process of the hydrophilic hydrogel cell suspension before the hydrophilic hydrogel cell suspension meets the hydrophilic culture medium.