Patent ID: 11920115
Assignee: CELL MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for collecting or culturing cells or cell colonies, the apparatus comprising:
a substrate formed from a flexible resilient polymeric material and having a first surface and an opposed second surface and a plurality of wells formed in the first surface in the form of an array, the substrate having a refractive index; and
a plurality of micro-elements comprising a polysilsesquioxane polymer having a core structure RSiO1.5 wherein R is methyl, methyl-phenyl or phenyl, wherein, each microelement releasably connected to the substrate in one of the wells, each microelement having a refractive index, the refractive index of each microelement is within about 10% of the refractive index of the substrate,
wherein the micro-elements are produced by a process of casting a single solvent solution of the polysilsesquioxane polymer in the wells.