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US 7,001,853 B1Granted
Flow control of photo-polymerizable resin
AssigneeCaliper Life Sciences, Inc.
InventorsTimothy B. Brown, Richard Kurth
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Abstract
This invention provides methods and systems, e.g., to control the flow of photo-polymerizable resins. In the method, e.g., flow of a photo-polymerizable resin is restricted from illuminated resin exclusion regions on a substrate surface by precisely situated flow barriers. A system to control photo-polymerizable resin flow includes, e.g., a light source, a mask and a substrate.
Claims12
A method of controlling the flow of resin, the method comprising:
- illuminating one or more resin exclusion regions on a substrate;
- applying a photo-polymerizable resin to one or more dark regions of the substrate, whereon the resin flows;
- and,
- polymerizing the resin at one or more illumination interface between the resin exclusion regions and the dark regions, thereby forming one or more barriers;
- whereby the resin flows onto one or more dark regions, and is substantially restricted from flowing onto the resin exclusion regions of the substrate.
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