US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK on May 19 for "System, device, and method for single-cell encapsulation and culture" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,796, issued on May 19, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Md.).

"System, device, and method for single-cell encapsulation and culture" was invented by Xiaoming He (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates generally to a system, device, and method for cell culturing. In certain embodiments, the system, device, and method may be used to encapsulate single cells in embryo-like, core-shell microcapsules. In some embodiments, microfluidic devices may be utilized to fabricate core-shell hydrogel microcapsules, which may be used to encapsulate individual cells. In some embodiments, ...