Coupling to microstructures for a laboratory microchip
First Claim
1. A microfluidic microchip for chemical, physical, and/or biological analysis of an analyte in a substance comprising a substrate carrying a microfluidic channel structure, the channel structure being arranged so the substance can be moved to follow the channel structure by applying a potential to the channel structure, first and second portions of the channel structure being respectively parts of first and second sections of the substrate, the second section channel structure being deformable with respect to the first section channel structure, the first section channel structure being arranged to be responsive to the substance, the second section channel structure including an outlet for delivering the substance to an analyzer of the substance.
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Abstract
What is described in this case is a laboratory microchip having microspray means whose direction of spray can be altered. The microchip has a substrate 40 which has a channel structure provided on one side 41 thereof. On the other side (in the region of an edge of the substrate in the present case), there is a microspray tip 42. Substrate 40 is designed to be deformable particularly in a region 43, in which case the deformability may be achieved either by thinning the substrate material locally in this region 43 or by means of a linear perforation extending approximately perpendicularly to the plane of the paper. Alternatively, the deformability may be obtained by selecting a suitable material for the entire substrate. A microchip which has been bent in the manner indicated is shown in the bottom part of FIG. 3. The bending of the substrate which is shown has turned the direction of spray 44 of microspray tip 42 through 90°. The bending of the substrate may be permanent or reversible in this case.
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- 1. A microfluidic microchip for chemical, physical, and/or biological analysis of an analyte in a substance comprising a substrate carrying a microfluidic channel structure, the channel structure being arranged so the substance can be moved to follow the channel structure by applying a potential to the channel structure, first and second portions of the channel structure being respectively parts of first and second sections of the substrate, the second section channel structure being deformable with respect to the first section channel structure, the first section channel structure being arranged to be responsive to the substance, the second section channel structure including an outlet for delivering the substance to an analyzer of the substance.
- 9. A microfluidic microchip for chemical, physical, and/or biological analysis of an analyte in a substance comprising a substrate carrying a microfluidic channel structure, the channel structure being arranged so the substance can be moved to follow the channel structure by applying a potential to the channel structure, first and second portions of the channel structure being respectively parts of first and second sections of the substrate, the first and second section channel structures being in different planes having a non-zero angle with respect to each other the first section channel structure being arranged to be responsive to the substance, the second section channel structure including a segment for delivering the substance to an analyzer of the substance.
- 19. A microfluidic microchip for transporting a substance comprising a substrate carrying a microfluidic channel structure, the channel structure being arranged so the substance can be moved to follow the channel structure by applying a potential to the channel structure, first and second portions of the channel structure being respectively parts of first and second sections of the substrate, the second section channel structure being deformable with respect to the first section channel structure, the first section channel structure being arranged to be responsive to the substance and to couple the substance to the second section channel structure while the second section channel structure is deformed with respect to the first section channel structure.
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