Claims
- 1. Any fluidic device comprising
a fluidic chip, and a substrate containing a pre-defined cellular array inserted into the fluidic chip.
- 2. Any substrate containing a pre-defined cellular array used with a device of claim 1.
- 3. Any fluidic device of claim 1 comprising insertion of a substrate containing a pre-defined cellular array in to a fluidic chip for further processing or analysis.
- 4. Any fluidic device of claim 1 comprising removal of a substrate containing a pre-defined cellular array from a fluidic chip for further processing or analysis.
- 5. Any analysis method comprising detection of cell characteristics after removal of a substrate containing a pre-defined cellular array from a fluidic chip.
- 6. Any analysis method comprising removal of an cellular array of claim 2 from a fluidic chip and insertion of one or more other similar or different arrays in to the same chip for further processing or analysis.
- 7. An array of claim 2 comprising the substrate is rod shaped, sheet-shaped or a 3D solid shaped.
- 8. An array of claim 2 comprising the cells are distributed on one, both or all sides of a substrate.
- 9. An array of claim 2 comprising of more than one substrate such that the array members are distributed in two or three space dimensions.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) from U.S. Provisional Application 60/285,566, filed Apr. 23, 2001.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] The invention was funded in part by the U.S. Government through a Department of Defense contract (SPAWAR N66001-01-C-8058).
Provisional Applications (1)
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60285566 |
Apr 2001 |
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