Patent ID: 11920116
Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 7:
8. A microdevice, comprising:
an upper microchannel;
a lower microchannel comprising:
a first parallel lane and a second parallel lane, each of the first parallel lane and the second parallel lane being lined with live vascular endothelial cells;
a third parallel lane disposed between the first parallel lane and the second parallel lane and comprising a hydrogel comprising cells therein; and
protrusion structures disposed between the first parallel lane and the third parallel lane and between the second parallel lane and the third parallel lane, a top surface of each of the protrusion structures being offset from a top surface of the lower microchannel; and
a porous membrane positioned between the upper microchannel and the lower microchannel.