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Microfluidic Lab-on-Chip Device, Small Molecules and Three-Dimensional Spheroids for Cell Reprogramming (UCLA Case No. 2020-881)

UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering at Samueli School of Engineering developed bioengineering approaches that can significantly promote cell reprogramming with higher efficiency. This invention is important for basic science, disease modeling, therapeutic testing, and cell engineering for regenerative medicine applications. BACKGROUND:...

Published: 7/14/2026 | Inventor(s): Song Li, Yang Song

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

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: 7/14/2026 | 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 (SEs) for Delivery of Macromolecules to the Brain for Treatment of CNS Disorders (UCLA Case No. 2021-363, 2020-457)

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: 7/14/2026 | 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: 7/14/2026 | 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: 7/14/2026 | 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: 7/14/2026 | 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: 7/14/2026 | 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: 7/14/2026 | 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: 7/14/2026 | 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

2020-887 A Programmable Epidermal Microfluidic Valving System for Wearable Biofluid Management and Contextual Biomarker Analysis

SUMMARYResearchers in the UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineering Department have devised a programmable epidermal microfluid valving system for high frequency, real-time biofluid sampling, routing, and compartmentalization in wearable bioanalytical platforms.BACKGROUNDWearable biomarker sensing technologies allow for the frequent, longitudinal, and...

Published: 7/14/2026 | Inventor(s): Sam Emaminejad, Haisong Lin, Jiawei Tan

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Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Sensors, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

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