Composite woven fluidic device
AssigneesCentre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
InventorsJean-Louis Viovy, Bastien Venzac, Laurent Malaquin, Stephanie Descroix
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Abstract
Disclosed is a fluidic device including at least: a) a solid matrix; b) a textile component, embedded in the matrix and mechanically cohesive with the matrix; c) at least one channel embedded in the matrix and entangled with the textile component, the channel being at least partly open. A method for making a fluidic device includes providing a textile component including support fibers and at least a movable fiber entangled with the textile, embedding at least part of the textile and part of the movable fiber, in a matrix precursor material, applying a treatment in order to obtain a solid matrix.
Claims19
A fluidic device, said fluidic device comprising:
- a/ a solid matrix (5, 36),
- b/ a textile component (4, 41) embedded in said matrix, and
- c/ at least one channel (6, 10, 37, 38, 43, 45) embedded in said solid matrix, said at least one channel having a multiplicity of underpasses and overpasses with at least some fibers of said textile component (4, 41), and said at least one channel (6, 10, 37, 38, 43, 45) being a tube or a pipe along at least part of its length,
- wherein said at least one channel includes at least one port (3) or connector,
- said at least one port or connector being selected among:
- i/ a piece of material with a lumen embedded at one of its sides in the solid matrix with its lumen fluidically connected with the at least one channel;
- ii/ a septum in connection with the at least one channel;
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- iii/ a connector providing connection of fluidic tubings or fluid transport between at least one port, and a reservoir, or a pump, or a valve.
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