Patent ID: 9463431
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B01J,B01L,B82Y,G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising a moldable slab reversibly sealed to a substrate surface, said moldable slab comprising an array of microwells, wherein each microwell has a side or diameter of less than 100 microns and contains not more than a single or a few cell(s), wherein at least one of said microwells contains the single or few cell(s), wherein the single or few cell(s) produce a cell-derived product in a volume of 10 nanoliters or less of fluid in each said microwell containing the single or few cell(s); wherein the surface of the substrate facing each said microwell containing said single or few cell(s) is bound to the cell-derived product from said single or few cell(s) in their respective microwell.