Apparatus for encapsulating cells
AssigneeAgency for Science, Technology and Research
InventorsHanry Yu, Hai Ting Ho, Jing Zhang
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Abstract
An apparatus for encapsulating cells is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the apparatus includes an indirect-pumping dispenser for dispensing a cell suspension into an encapsulation solution through an outlet of the dispenser. The apparatus also includes a dipping mechanism that is attachable to the outlet of the dispenser. The dipping mechanism is adapted to dip the dispenser outlet in the encapsulation solution to allow the cell suspension dispensed thereat to come into contact with the encapsulation solution.
Claims31
An apparatus for encapsulating cells comprising:
- a dipping mechanism that is attachable to a dispenser for dispensing a cell suspension, wherein the dipping mechanism is adapted for dipping an outlet of the dispenser with a cell suspension dispensed at the outlet of the dispenser in an encapsulation solution to allow the cell suspension dispensed thereat to come into contact with the encapsulation solution wherein the dipping mechanism comprises a dipping member which is attached to the dispenser outlet and an actuating means that is adapted to actuate the dipping member, and wherein the dipping mechanism is adapted to lift the outlet of the dispenser out of the encapsulation solution after detaching the cell suspension dispensed at the outlet of the dispenser and after dipping the outlet therein in the encapsulation solution.
An apparatus for encapsulating cells comprising:
- a dispenser for dispensing a cell suspension into an encapsulation solution through an outlet thereof, wherein a dipping mechanism is adapted to lift the outlet of the dispenser out of the encapsulation solution after detaching the cell suspension dispensed at the outlet of the dispenser and after dipping the outlet therein in the encapsulation solution, and wherein the dispenser comprises
- a fluid container for containing a cell suspension, the fluid container having a moving member wherein the dispenser is adapted such that the moving member of the fluid container is separable from the cell suspension by a displacement fluid;
- a dispensing tip defining the outlet of the dispenser,
- a dipping mechanism attached to the dispenser outlet for dipping the dispenser outlet in the encapsulation solution to allow the cell suspension dispensed thereat at the outlet of the dispenser to come into contact with the encapsulation solution, and a
- feed line connecting the fluid container to the dispensing tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.