Method for manufacturing a fluidic device comprising a substrate bearing at least one porous or hollow solid element

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a device (10) for the flow of a fluid along at least one fluid flow path passing through a hollow or porous solid element (30) and at least part of a fluidic circuit (50) which are fluidically connected to one another, the method including the following steps: e) printing the path (62) of the fluidic circuit (50) on a support with an ink and disposing the solid element (30) on the support, the ink being contiguous with the solid element (30) on the fluid flow path, f) covering the solidified ink and the solid element (30) with a crosslinkable polymer (25), the polymer (25) being immiscible with the solidified ink; g) crosslinking the polymer (25) to solidify it; then h) extracting the solidified ink to form the fluid flow path.

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