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US 8,263,391 B2Granted
Specimen carrier for the study of cell growth
Assigneeibidi GmbH
InventorsRoman Zantl, Valentin Kahl
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Abstract
The invention relates to a specimen carrier for the study of cell growth, comprising a substrate with a reservoir with a bottom, wherein the reservoir is filled up to a predetermined height of the side wall, which is smaller than the complete height of the reservoir, with a carrier material for cell growth and the side wall of the reservoir is formed such that a predetermined contact angle of the carrier material can be adjusted with respect to the side wall.
Claims19
Specimen carrier for the study of cell growth, comprising:
- a substrate having a reservoir with a bottom and a side wall, wherein the sidewall is lower than an overall height of the reservoir, and
- a carrier material for cell growth,
- wherein the reservoir is filled up to a predetermined height of the side wall with the carrier material,
- wherein the side wall of the reservoir has a circumferential shoulder at said predetermined height, wherein the circumferential shoulder is arranged substantially perpendicularly to an upper edge of the side wall, and wherein a predetermined contact angle of the carrier material is arranged with respect to the side wall so that the carrier material exhibits a planar surface, and
- wherein the carrier material is a hardened liquid material.
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Method for studying cell growth, comprising:
- providing a specimen carrier comprising a substrate with a reservoir with a bottom and a side wall,
- filling the reservoir up to a predetermined height of the side wall, which is lower than the overall height of the reservoir, with a carrier material for cell growth, wherein the side wall of the reservoir has a circumferential shoulder at said predetermined height such that a predetermined contact angle of the carrier material is adjusted with respect to the side wall so that the carrier material exhibits a planar surface, and wherein the carrier material is a hardened liquid material, and
- disseminating cells on the planar surface of the carrier material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.