Patent ID: 9726660
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A method for testing different selected materials or surface structures for the culture of cells or microorganisms, said method comprising the following steps: i) providing a plurality of different selected materials or surface structures to be tested in the form of beaker-shaped inserts, wherein the beaker-shaped inserts are dimensioned in such a way that each beaker-shaped insert can be inserted in a fitting manner into a well of a multiwell plate, wherein each beaker-shaped insert has walls, a base, and an opening in the side facing away from the base, wherein the walls and base of the beaker-shaped inserts are permanently joined to be liquid-tight, and wherein each beaker-shaped insert has a selected material or a selected surface structure on at least a portion of the inner face of the base; ii) inserting the beaker-shaped inserts into wells of multiwell plates so that an outer face of the base of the beaker-shaped insert points towards the inner face of the base of a well of the multiwell plate; iii) culturing the cells at least on the inner surface of the base of the beaker-shaped inserts.