Method for manufacturing a biological analysis chip and biological analysis chip
AssigneePreciphos
InventorsPascal PFLIMLIN, Bernard LUDWIG
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an analysis chip for analysing a biological sample (1), which method comprises providing two support matrices (10), in each of which at least one through hole has been formed (11); providing at least one sheet (13) of solid and porous analysis material; superposing, in the following order, a (lower) support matrix (10a), the sheet (6) of analysis material and an (upper) support matrix (10b); mechanically assembling the two support matrices (10) and the sheet (13) of analysis material, during which a pressing force is applied at right angles to the lower and upper surfaces of the support matrices (10) so as to bring the support matrices (10) closer to each other.
Claims17
1-16. (canceled)
Method of manufacturing a biological sample analysis chip, wherein the method comprises:
- a—two support matrices are provided, each formed in a solid support material, each having a lower surface and an upper surface and in each of which at least one through hole has been formed extending between said lower and upper surfaces, among which a lower support matrix and an upper support matrix are defined;
- b—at least two different sheets of solid and porous analysis material are provided, each sheet having a lower surface and an upper surface,
- c—the lower support matrix, the different sheets of analysis material and the upper support matrix are superimposed in that order so:
- that the upper surface of the lower support matrix faces the lower surface of the upper support matrix,
- that the at least one through hole of the lower support matrix is facing the at least one through hole of the upper support matrix,
- that the different sheets of analysis material are intercalated between the lower and upper support matrices,
- that the at least two sheets of analysis material are juxtaposed or intercalated;
- d—a mechanical assembly of the two support matrices and the sheet of analysis material is carried out during which a pressing force in a direction normal to the lower and upper surfaces of the support matrices is exerted so as to bring the support matrices closer to one another.
A biological sample analysis chip, wherein the biological sample analysis chip comprises:
- a lower support matrix formed in a solid support material, having a lower surface and an upper surface and in which at least one through hole has been formed extending between said lower and upper surfaces;
- at least two different sheets of solid and porous analysis material, each sheet having a lower surface and an upper surface,
- and characterized in that it further comprises an upper support matrix formed in a solid support material, having a lower surface and an upper surface and in which at least one through hole has been formed extending between the said lower and upper surfaces, in that the different sheets of analysis material are mechanically assembled with and intercalated between the lower and upper support matrices in that the at least one through hole of the upper support matrix faces the at least one through hole of the lower support matrix, and in that the different sheets of analysis material are juxtaposed or superposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.