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High-Throughput Cell Screening With Interferometric Cytometry (Case No. 2007-720)

Summary The combined technology platform encompasses optical cytometry via interferometric membrane probing and cell mechanical / membrane property characterization, using reflective microparticles and interferometric imaging to measure deformation and viscoelastic response of live cells. The approach links physical membrane dynamics to cellular state,...

Published: 9/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Michael Teitell, James Gimzewski, Jason Reed

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Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems

Pulsed Laser Triggered High Speed Microfluidic Switch and Applications in Flourescent Activated Cell Sorting (Case No. 2009-063)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a pulsed-laser triggered microfluidic switching mechanism capable of sub-100 µs switching (e.g. ~70 µs), enabling ultrafast cell/particle sorting in a microfluidic fluorescence-activated cell sorting (µFACS) platform using cavitation bubbles rather than mechanical valves. Background Flow cytometry...

Published: 9/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Pei-Yu Chiou, Ting Hsiang Wu

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Category(s): Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods

Multi-Particle System for Capture and Detection of Cellular and Molecular Analytes (Case No. 2025-267)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel multi-particle system that selectively confines cells and molecular reactions within cavities formed by interacting particles. Background: Screening and selecting cells with specific, beneficial traits has become a vital process in using cell-derived products...

Published: 7/29/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Alyssa Arnheim, Michael Mellody, Yuta Nakagawa, Lily Shang

Keywords(s): Assay, B Cell, barcode, Bioassay, biological assays, Biomarker, biomarkers, Biomaterial, capping particles, CAR-T cell platform, CAR-T cell therapy, cavities, cavity-containing particles, Cell and tissue culture, cell encapsulation, cell engineering, cell imaging, cell mapping, cell sorting, cell type identification, cell-based therapy, centrifugation, confinement, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Digital Microfluidics, Drug, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, drug screening, high throughput, high throughput assays, high throughput testing, high-throughput analysis, High-Throughput Screening, Immunoassay, Immunoassay Sense (Molecular Biology), Microfluidics, Microfluidics And Mem's, Microfluidics Nanosphere, microparticles, moieties, Nanoparticle, single cell analysis, single cell analysis and testing, Single cell data, single-cell resolution, single-cell trapping

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Medical Devices, Platforms

Synthetic Exosomes (SE) for CNS Delivery of CRISPR for Gene Editing in Brain Disorders (UCLA Case No. 2021-363)

UCLA researchers from the Department of Neurology have developed synthetic exosomes, a novel delivery technology capable of transporting gene-editing tools and therapeutics across the blood-brain barrier, with successful applications in repairing Alzheimer’s-related mutations and delivering proteins, antibodies, and drugs. BACKGROUND: The emergence...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Varghese John

Keywords(s): Alzheimers disease, CRISPR, delivery system, exosome, Nanotechnology, nanovesicles, synthetic biology

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Materials > Nanotechnology, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Therapeutics > Gene Therapy And Editing, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology

A Fabrication Method for High-Precision, Large-Area Acoustic Single-Cell Trapping Devices (Case No. 2025-115)

Summary: UCLA researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a novel fabrication method for single-cell trapping devices. Background: Single-cell analysis is critical to personalized medicine, diagnostics, and biomedical research, as it allows researchers to identify, isolate, and expand desired cell subpopulations....

Published: 8/8/2025 | Inventor(s): Pei-Yu Chiou, Jacob Smith

Keywords(s): acoustic manipulation, acoustics, air cavity formation, cell sorting, compliant membrane acoustic patterning (CMAP), Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Digital Microfluidics, high-throughput analysis, large-area arrays, MEMS, Microfluidics, Microfluidics And Mem's, Microfluidics Dielectrophoresis, Microfluidics Multi-Band Device, Microfluidics Nanosphere, near-infrared (NIR) pulsed laser, PDMS, PDMS membranes, single cell analysis, Single cell data, single-cell resolution, single-cell trapping

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Membranes, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Platforms

High-Throughput Cargo Delivery Into Live Cells Using Photothermal Platforms (Case No. 2013-158)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed a photothermal platform for precisely opening a cell membrane to deliver cargo into cells. Title: High-Throughput Cargo Delivery Into Live Cells Using Photothermal Platforms Background: Transferring cargo like proteins, nucleotides and particles into cells is valuable...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Pei-Yu Chiou, Michael Teitell, Ting Hsiang Wu, Yi-Chien Wu

Keywords(s): cell engineering, cellular, delivery system, Gene delivery, Laser, Microbiology, Micropump

Category(s): Electrical > Mems, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems

Core-Shell Hydrogel Particles With Tunable Porosity for Digital Nucleic Acid Assays (Case No. 2023-058)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel method to perform ultra-high sensitivity, low-cost nucleic acid amplification assays utilizing porous microdroplets. Background: Nucleic acid concentration measurement is essential in biological research and diagnostics. The 2020 pandemic underscored the importance...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Michael Bogumil

Keywords(s): Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Diagnostic Test, Flow Cytometry, Medical diagnostics

Category(s): Diagnostic Markers > Cancer, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Chemical > Emulsions, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

Robot-On-A-Dish: Automating Cellular Sorting and Analysis via Robotic Motor-Driven Flow (Case No. 2023-002)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have built a new cell sorting system that can handle and maintain linear flow control for a broad range of mesoscale particles in fluids. Background: The global market for drug discovery technologies was valued at $65.3 billion in 2019, and it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.6%....

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Reem Khojah

Keywords(s): Cell Counting/Imaging, Content Analysis, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Drug Discovery, Flow Cytometry, Flow Device, High-Throughput Screening, mesoscale, mesoscale particles, Robotic liquid handling

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Chemical, Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems

2016-219-3 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL TRANSIENT LIQUID MOLDING OF MICROPARTICLES AND USES FOR THE SAME

SUMMARY: The Di Carlo group at UCLA has invented a microparticle that enables analysis of adherent cells via flow cytometry with high throughput. BACKGROUND: Traditional flow cytometry is a fluorescence-based technique used to characterize cells on a molecular level usually suspended in a fluid. However, many cells are inherently attached to matrix...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Chueh-Yu Wu

Keywords(s): Cell Counting/Imaging, Cytometry, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Flow Cytometry, Life Science Research Tools, Microfluidics, Microfluidics And Mem's, Targets And Assays

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

2020-908 LASER ACTUATED SUPERCRITICAL INJECTOR (LASI)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering developed a platform that applies high-speed fluidic jet injection of biomolecules into biological samples with the use of laser actuated supercritical injector (LASI). Background: Intracellular delivery of various biomolecules has been of great importance in biomedical...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Pei-Yu Chiou

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Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Optics & Photonics, Materials > Nanotechnology

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