3D printing of gel networks
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11624047B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US16305655

    申请日:2017-06-02

    摘要: The invention provides a process for producing a gel network, which gel network comprises a plurality of joined gel objects, which process comprises: forming a plurality of gel objects in one or more microfluidic channels; dispensing the gel objects from the one or more microfluidic channels into a region for producing the network; and contacting each gel object with at least one other gel object in said region to join each gel object to at least one other gel object at a region of contact between the gel objects. The invention also provides a network of joined gel objects, comprising a plurality of gel objects, wherein each gel object is joined to an adjacent gel object at a region of contact between the gel objects. Also provided are various possible uses of the gel network.

    Multisomes: encapsulated droplet networks

    公开(公告)号:US10548852B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US14354706

    申请日:2012-11-02

    摘要: The invention provides a droplet encapsulate comprising: a drop of a hydrophobic medium; a peripheral layer of non-polymeric amphipathic molecules around the surface of the drop; and an aqueous droplet within the peripheral layer, the aqueous droplet comprising: (a) an aqueous medium and (b) an outer layer of non-polymeric amphipathic molecules around the surface of the aqueous medium. The invention also provides processes for preparing the droplet encapsulates. Various uses of the droplet encapsulates are also described, including their use as drug delivery vehicles, in synthetic biology, and in the study of membrane proteins.

    3D Tissue Printing
    10.
    发明公开
    3D Tissue Printing 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230193181A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US17999286

    申请日:2021-05-20

    IPC分类号: C12M1/12 C12M1/26 C12N11/04

    摘要: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing a droplet assembly, which apparatus comprises: at least one droplet generator suitable for generating droplets of a viscous droplet medium; a droplet receiving region which is moveable relative to the at least one droplet generator; a temperature controller; and a control unit, which control unit is adapted to control the dispensing of droplets from the at least one droplet generator and the movement of the droplet receiving region relative to the at least one droplet generator, wherein the apparatus is adapted to produce a droplet assembly in the droplet receiving region, wherein the droplet assembly comprises a plurality of droplets, wherein each of said droplets comprises (i) a droplet medium, and (ii) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules around the surface of the droplet medium.