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US 8,999,265 B2Granted
Bonding agent and device for use in microfluidics
AssigneeState of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University
InventorsMyra T. Koesdjojo, Vincent T. Remcho, Jintana Nammoonnoy
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments concern a microfluidic device comprising a bonding agent and two or more components. In particular disclosed embodiments, the microfluidic device is made out of the disclosed bonding agent. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for making a microfluidic device, wherein the method includes using the disclosed bonding agent to couple two or more components together.
Claims20
A microfluidic device for transporting one or more fluids, comprising:
- a first substrate substantially coated or fabricated with a bonding agent having a formula
- where Z, Y, and W independently are O;
- Ra is aliphatic;
- each Rb independently is selected from hydrogen, aliphatic, or heteroaliphatic;
- r is from 1 to 4;
- ranges from 0 to about 4;
- and q ranges from at least 1 to about 1000;
- a second substrate substantially coated or fabricated with the bonding agent and comprising at least one patterned microchannel or nanochannel having at least a width and length defined by the bonding agent, wherein the at least one patterned channel transports the one or more fluids through the microfluidic device;
- a third substrate substantially coated or fabricated with the bonding agent;
- and
- at least one inlet port and outlet port fluidly coupled by the bonding agent to the first substrate, the second substrate, and the third substrate, wherein the at least one inlet port introduces the one or more fluids into the microfluidic device and the at least one outlet port delivers the one or more fluids from the microfluidic device.
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