Modular System for Integrated Culture of Multiple Microphysiological Systems with Microbiome

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Fluidic multiwell bioreactors are provided as a microphysiological platform for in vitro investigation of multi-organ crosstalks with microbiome for an extended period of time of at least weeks and months. The platform has one or more improvements over existing bioreactors, including on-board pumping for pneumatically driven fluid flow, a redesigned spillway for self- leveling from source to sink, a non-contact built-in fluid level sensing device, precise control on fluid flow profile and partitioning, and facile reconfigurations such as daisy chaining and multilayer stacking. The platform supports the culture of multiple organs together with microbiome in a microphysiological, interacted systems, suitable for a wide range of biomedical applications including systemic toxicity studies and physiology- based pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic predictions. A process to fabricate the bioreactors is also provided.

Researchers

Linda Griffith / Timothy Kassis / Duncan Freake / Gaurav Rohatgi / Mohan Bhushan / Collin Edington / Luis Soenksen Martinez / David L Trumper

Departments: Department of Biological Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technology Areas: Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Tissue Engineering / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Cell Interrogation
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    Ireland | Granted | 3,600,668
  • modular system for integrated culture of multiple microphysiological systems with microbiome
    United States of America | Published application
  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    European Patent Convention | Granted | 3,600,668
  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    United Kingdom | Granted | 3,600,668
  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    France | Granted | 3,600,668
  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    Germany | Granted | 3,600,668
  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    Switzerland | Granted | 3,600,668
  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    Belgium | Granted | 3,600,668
  • modular organ microphysiological system with microbiome
    Netherlands | Granted | 3,600,668

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