Patent ID: 8569048
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: C12M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for harvesting target cells, the system comprising: a cell culture dish that includes one or more actuators, each actuator having a core and a shell at least partially surrounding the core that defines a longitudinal axis, the shell defining a top surface and having at least one opening, in a first condition, the core being positioned and dimensioned in the shell such that the top surface of the shell and the core are configured to associate with one or more target cells in culture, and in a second condition, the core being positioned and dimensioned in the shell such that the core is configured to expand and displace out of the shell in a direction along the longitudinal axis through the at least one opening to lift up one or more target cells in culture positioned over the core and to break an adhesion between the one or more target cells and the top surface of the shell,