Patent ID: 9267099
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P,C12M,C12N

Claim Text:
1. A custom-patterned capillary fabrication device comprising: a capillary network of living cells; a non-treated polystyrene cell-culture surface; and a low-density support-generating medium, the low-density support-generating medium comprising a gel forming material and a liquid cell-culture medium in a ratio of 1:30 to 1:60, wherein the gel forming material is substantially dissolved in the liquid cell culture medium and forms a support medium having a thickness of between 20 microns and 100 microns on the non-treated polystyrene cell-culture surface, wherein the non-treated polystyrene cell-culture surface comprises a network-like pattern containing regions of varying hydrophobicity, and wherein the gel-forming material is Matrigel.