Patents Examined by Changhwa J Chieu
  • Microdroplet based bioassay platform
    Patent number: 10802016
    Abstract: Platform technology involving aqueous microdroplet reaction vessels created, arrayed, and characterized by imaging microscopy in a microfluidic device are applied to a wide variety of bioassays involving the detection and phenotypic characterization of single cells. The bioassays include the rapid and automated detection of microbial pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity from patient samples as well as the characterization of immune responses using a patient's own cells, including the killing of tumor cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Tania Konry, Pooja Sabhachandani, Saheli Sarkar