SynTumor™ Cancer-on-a-Chip Platform

Real-time monitoring of cell-cell interactions between tumor, stromal, vascular, and immune cells on Chip
Linear Chip

SynTumor Idealized Linear Chip Schematic

Syntumor radial chip schematic

SynTumor Idealized Radial Chip Schematic

SynTumor Microvascular Chip Schematics

SynTumor Microvascular Network Chip Schematic

SynTumor™ Cancer-on-a-Chip Platform

SynTumor™ Cancer-on-a-Chip is SynVivo’s advanced 3D tumor model, designed to replicate in vivo-like tumor microenvironments under dynamic flow conditions. Featuring microvascular networks with controlled pore sizes, this cancer-on-a-chip platform enables quantitative and real-time visualization of cell-cell and cell drug interactions across tumor, stromal, vascular, and immune cells, providing insights into delivery, penetration, and efficacy in a human-relevant in vitro context.

Advantages of SynTumor™

  • Human-relevant 3D tumor microvascular modeling
  • Controlled flow conditions for physiologically accurate drug delivery studies
  • Real-time visualization of tumor-endothelium-drug dynamics
  • Modular chip architecture (linear, radial, network) for diverse applications
  • Supports NAMs framework for non-animal oncology models

Research Applications 

SynTumor™ enables diverse oncology applications with high relevance and precision:

  • Tumor Drug Delivery Studies – Investigate how tumor vasculature and flow influence drug distribution and penetration
  • Real-Time Mechanistic Insights – Observe interactions between drugs, tumor cells, and the endothelium under dynamic conditions
  • Simulated Tumor Microenvironment – Model variable perfusion profiles in tumor microenvironments to investigate the impact on drug efficacy
  • Metastasis Modeling – Custom co-culture chips to visualize and quantify tumor cell migration and vascular invasion
SynTumor Co-culture chips visualization

 Co-Culture Chips

Microvascular networks recapitulate in vivo scale and vascular geometry. Idealized Network

SynTumor Multi-chamber chips visualization

Multi-Chamber Chips

Low or High Perfusion

SynTumor Tandem Co-culture visualization

Tandem Co-Culture, Multi-Chamber Chips

Designed with Separate Vascular Network Beds

Applications and Assays

Publications Using SynTumor Models

Contract Research Services using SynTumor models

Drug delivery under physiological flow, safety, efficacy, metastasis, CAR-T cytotoxicity, multi-organ modeling and more

SynTumor 3D Cancer Tumor-on-a-chip Model_Product Image

SynTumor Models Available

Monoculture using tumor cells/cell lines-  Human or rodent 

Co-Culture with tumor cells and matched endothelial cells

Tri-Culture with tumor, stromal and endothelial cells 

Blood Brain Tumor Barrier Model-Primary or iPSC-derived cells
 
  • Brain endothelial cells, astrocytes, pericytes and tumor cells and CAR-T tracking for cytotoxicity or neurotoxicity      
Incorporate immune cells in any model

Assays Available

Efficacy and toxicity screening

Cell proliferation, morphology, and viability

Tumor-induced vascular leakage

Tumor intravasation and extravasation

Tumor immune cell interactions

Drug delivery, uptake, and efficacy

Biomarker analysis

On-chip or off-chip analysis

Brochures and Technical Manuals​

Videos

Purchase SynTumor Products and Instruments

Purchase starter kits, sets of chips, instrumentation and training workshops

Starter Kits - Select your chip model

Important Note: Starter kit does not include required consumables such as cells, media, and matrix. Other required equipment not included is syringe pumps, cell seeding pumps, incubators, and microscopes.

SynTumor™ Starter Kit: The Starter Kit offers everything needed to begin your advanced in vitro tumor-on-a-chip modeling workflows:

  • 12 Microvascular or Idealized Linear/Radial Chips
  • Tubing, clamps, needles, and syringes
  • Pneumatic priming device for bubble free functionalized models
  • Complete control to model flow-dependent drug delivery under physiologic conditions
starter kit

Need to set up the SynTumor

platform in your lab?

Filters Sort results
Reset Apply
Chip Model
CAT#
Product Name
Price
Qty
Microvascular chip model purchase
403008
$2,875
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Linear chip model purchase
403012
$2,415
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Linear chip model purchase
403010
$2,415
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
12

SynTumor Model Chips

SynTumor™ Chip Options: Choose the chip architecture that best suits your research needs:

  • Microvascular Network Chips – Single or Multi-chamber designs with defined pore sizes (2 µm or 8 µm) for perfusion-based tumor modeling. Variable perfusion profiles for delivery, efficacy and metastasis applications.
  • Idealized Radial or Linear Chips – Advanced formats for studying tumor-endothelium interactions and drug transport gradients
Filters Sort results
Reset Apply
Chip Model
CAT#
Product Name
Price
Qty
Linear chip model purchase
108011-STu3
$425
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Microvascular chip model purchase
105007-STu3
$550
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Microvascular chip model purchase
105015-STu3
$550
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
123

Training Workshops

Training Workshops: Enhance your team’s proficiency with expert-led training sessions:

  • 2-Day Introduction – Learn chip handling, seeding protocols, and imaging basics
  • 4-Day Advanced Training – Dive into dynamic flow modeling, tumor penetration assays, and mechanistic insights
Filters Sort results
Reset Apply
CAT#
Product Name
Price
Qty
SYN48
SynVivo On-Site Training Workshop – 2 days
$2,750
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
SYN96
SynVivo On-Site Training Workshop – 4 days
$4,500
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1

Syringe Pumps - Instrumentation for Seeding Cells and Maintaining Flow Based Assays

Instrumentation: Optimize your workflows with compatible organ-on-chip tools:

  • Syringe pumps for controlled perfusion experiments
  • Stage-top incubators and inverted microscopes for location-based imaging and real-time quantification
  • Perfusion control systems to model variable tumor blood flow and barrier dynamics
Filters Sort results
Reset Apply
Image
CAT#
Product Name
Price
Qty
Harvard-PHD-ultra-6-10-syringe-rack
301004
PHD Ultra 6/10 Multi Syringe Rack
$948
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
Synvivo syringe pump ne 1200
301020
Multichannel Programmable Syringe Pump – SynVivo NE 1200
$2,100
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
pump11-nanomite
301002
Pump 11 Elite Nanomite Infusion/Withdrawal Programmable Single Syringe
$3,790
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1
ultra
301003
PHD Ultra Syringe Pump Programmable 2-Syringe Rack Standard Pressure
$5,651
Max:
Min: 1
Step: 1

Tokai Hit Stage Top Incubators

The Tokai Hit stagetop incubator offers precision temperature, humidity and CO2 control for long-term cell culture on any microscope and optimal conditions for SynVivo’s microfluidic devices. Includes a perfusion spacer for flow-based assays.

Filters Sort results
Reset Apply