AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING FOR HOLDING AND GROWING CELLS FOR PROCESSES INTERCONNECTION

摘要

An apparatus or device (10) that can hold and grow individual cells (C) and allow their processes (P) to grow connect the cells in accordance with the present invention includes a plate (12), a plurality of valleys (18) in one surface of the plate, and a plurality of intersecting regions (19) at each location where one of the valleys crosses another one of the valleys. The plate is made of a thermoformable material. Each of the valleys (18) provides sufficient room for the growth of processes from one or more of the cells, but not enough room for one of the cells to fit in. Each of the intersecting regions (19) provides sufficient room for one of the cells to fit in.