Patent ID: 9719982
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: C12Q,C40B,G01N

Claim:
1. A device for measuring a contractile function, the device comprising: a plurality of horizontal muscle thin films, wherein each of said plurality of horizontal muscle thin films is fabricated on a rigid planar base layer, wherein each includes a portion released from the underlying rigid planar base on which it was fabricated, and each remains attached at one end to the underlying rigid planar base layer on which it was fabricated for use in the device, wherein a portion of the rigid planar base layer underneath the portion of each of said plurality of horizontal muscle thin films released from the underlying rigid planar base on which it was fabricated is transparent and a remaining portion of the rigid planar base layer is opaque, wherein said plurality of muscle thin films each comprise an opaque flexible polymer layer and a population of isolated muscle cells seeded on the flexible polymer layer in a predetermined pattern, and wherein said predetermined pattern allows for the alignment of the cells such that a functional tissue which can perform a contractile function is formed.