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Image Guided Systems and Methods for Organ Viability Assessment
The number of patients for organ transplants continues to grow, without an increase in the number of organs available for transplant. This has increased interest in transplanting organs from non-traditional sources, such as donations after cardiac death. However, there are currently no methods to objectively measure the effects of resuscitation and...
Published: 10/28/2024   |   Inventor(s): Allan Kirk, Eric Elster, Frederick Gage, Alexander Gorbach
Keywords(s): AA1XXX, AA3BXX, AA3XXX, AAXXXX, ASSESSMENT, AXXXXX, DEVICE, DONOR, During, Guided, Image, Method, ORGANS, ORS to NIBIB, Resuscitation, VIABILITY
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing
A Microfluidic System for Automated Dissociation of Tissue
This invention is an automated system with the ability to dissociate a variety of soft biological tissues, such as those found in the heart or central nervous system, into viable single cells for culture preparation and other various uses. It includes a microfluidic device made from clear, low-cost, biocompatible materials integrated with imaging and...
Published: 8/1/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yitshak Zohar, Linda Restifo, Linan Jiang
Keywords(s): automation, drug discovery, flow shear, high throughput screening (HTS), microfluidics, primary neuron culture, tissue dissociation, viability
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Devices & Instrumentation > Microfluidics, Technology Classifications > Research Tools > Screening assays