Compartmentalized integrated biochips
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1. An integrated microfluidic biochip, comprising:
- a. a microfluidic chip, wherein said microfluidic chip comprises a hollow structure system integrated to a fluid logic layer that is pressure sealed to a control layer, wherein said control layer comprises a valve, wherein said fluid logic layer comprises a fluid logic layer hollow structure system comprising microfluidic logic input/output hollow structures, fluid logic control fluid input hollow structures, a fluid logic routing structure, and fluid logic flow channel hollow structures, wherein said control layer comprises control layer control fluid hollow structures, control layer flow channel hollow structures, control layer control channel hollow vias, and control layer control channels, wherein each said hollow structure system is separated and compartmentalized from another said hollow structure system, wherein each said hollow structure system terminates to a bottom surface of said control layer, wherein each said hollow structure system consists of a single inlet, wherein said control layer is pressure sealed to a sensor interface layer comprising sensor interface hollow vias, sensor layer flow channels, functionalized surface/reagent interfaces; and
b. a sensor plate, wherein said sensor plate comprises a plurality of sensor arrays, wherein each said sensor array is independently addressable fluidically and electronically, wherein said plurality of sensor arrays are independently coupled to switchable channels, wherein said array of sensors comprise magnetic sensors selected from the group consisting of GMR sensors, magnetic tunnel junction sensors, and hall-effect sensors, wherein each said single inlet is configured to deliver fluid to one said array of sensors, wherein said sensor interface layer is pressure sealed to said sensors according to pressure from a clamping pad, wherein each said compartmentalized hollow structure system abuts one said sensor when said fluid logic layer is attached to said sensor plate, wherein each said independent sensor of said array of sensors comprises an independent and distinct capture molecule deposited thereon.
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Abstract
An integrated microfluidic biochip is provided that includes a microfluidic device, where the microfluidic device includes hollow structures, where at least one the hollow structure includes an output at a bottom surface of the microfluidic device, and a sensor plate, where the sensor plate comprises a plurality of independent surface sensors, where the microfluidic device is sealably attachable to the sensor plate, where the hollow structure output abuts the surface sensor when the microfluidic device is attached to the sensor plate.
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1. An integrated microfluidic biochip, comprising:
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a. a microfluidic chip, wherein said microfluidic chip comprises a hollow structure system integrated to a fluid logic layer that is pressure sealed to a control layer, wherein said control layer comprises a valve, wherein said fluid logic layer comprises a fluid logic layer hollow structure system comprising microfluidic logic input/output hollow structures, fluid logic control fluid input hollow structures, a fluid logic routing structure, and fluid logic flow channel hollow structures, wherein said control layer comprises control layer control fluid hollow structures, control layer flow channel hollow structures, control layer control channel hollow vias, and control layer control channels, wherein each said hollow structure system is separated and compartmentalized from another said hollow structure system, wherein each said hollow structure system terminates to a bottom surface of said control layer, wherein each said hollow structure system consists of a single inlet, wherein said control layer is pressure sealed to a sensor interface layer comprising sensor interface hollow vias, sensor layer flow channels, functionalized surface/reagent interfaces; and b. a sensor plate, wherein said sensor plate comprises a plurality of sensor arrays, wherein each said sensor array is independently addressable fluidically and electronically, wherein said plurality of sensor arrays are independently coupled to switchable channels, wherein said array of sensors comprise magnetic sensors selected from the group consisting of GMR sensors, magnetic tunnel junction sensors, and hall-effect sensors, wherein each said single inlet is configured to deliver fluid to one said array of sensors, wherein said sensor interface layer is pressure sealed to said sensors according to pressure from a clamping pad, wherein each said compartmentalized hollow structure system abuts one said sensor when said fluid logic layer is attached to said sensor plate, wherein each said independent sensor of said array of sensors comprises an independent and distinct capture molecule deposited thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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