Patent ID: 11912968
Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A microcavity dish for cultivating cells, the microcavity dish comprising:
a dish body comprising a sidewall that encloses a cell culture chamber within the dish body, the dish body having a top and a bottom, wherein the bottom comprises a cell culturing substrate comprising an array of microcavities, wherein the sidewall extends from the bottom to the top of the dish body and wherein the cell culturing substrate is formed separately from the dish body and is connected thereto;
the sidewall comprising a liquid medium delivery surface that includes a transition portion that divides the sidewall into an upper portion and a lower portion that is offset inward relative to the upper portion, wherein the liquid medium delivery surface has a first end nearer to the top than the bottom of the dish body and an opposite second end nearer to the bottom than the top of the dish body, wherein the liquid medium delivery surface extends at least partially along an interior surface of the sidewall and slopes along a length of the liquid medium delivery surface downwardly from the first end to the second end and toward the bottom;
wherein the liquid medium delivery surface is on a portion of the sidewall above the array of microcavities.