Test module with microfluidic device having laminar structure and sample receptacle

Abstract

A test module having an outer casing for hand held portability, and, a microfluidic device for processing a biological sample mounted in the outer casing, the microfluidic device having a lab-on-a-chip (LOC) device with a cap, the LOC device having a supporting substrate and a microsystems technologies (MST) layer on the supporting substrate, the MST layer incorporating MST channels and a plurality of fluidic connections for fluid communication with the cap, and the cap having a sample inlet and cap channels for fluid communication with the fluidic connections.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.