Micro-fluidic interconnect

Details Micro-fluidic interconnect Micro-fluidic interconnect

2006-02-28

2006-02-28

Chambers, A. Michael (Department: 3753)

Fluid handling

Flow affected by fluid contact, energy field or coanda effect

Means to regulate or vary operation of device

C137S554000, C137S833000, C204S601000, C251S368000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07004198

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for simultaneously aligning and interconnecting microfluidic ports is presented. Such interconnections are required to utilize microfluidic devices fabricated in Micro-Electromechanical-Systems (MEMS) technologies, that have multiple fluidic access ports (e.g. 100 micron diameter) within a small footprint, (e.g. 3 mm×6 mm). Fanout of the small ports of a microfluidic device to a larger diameter (e.g. 500 microns) facilitates packaging and interconnection of the microfluidic device to printed wiring boards, electronics packages, fluidic manifolds etc.

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