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OwnerRaymond Miller Karam, Thomas Wynne +1inventors
InventorsRaymond Miller Karam, Thomas Wynne, Anthony Thomas Chobot
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Embodiments generally relate to apparatus and methods for dismantling a hermetically sealed chamber. In one embodiment, an apparatus facilitating the opening of a hermetically sealed chamber in a device comprises a fixture configured to hold the device, and a system configured to create sufficient tensile or shear stress at a bond interface of the seal to open the seal under controlled conditions. In one embodiment, a method for opening a hermetic seal between first and second elements forming a chamber in a microfluidic chip comprises using a release technique creating sufficient tensile or shear stress at a bond interface of the seal to open the seal under controlled conditions. The release technique comprises introducing a tool to the vicinity of the interface without any contact between the tool and any material within the chamber. The breaking of the seal results in the complete separation of the first and second elements.
An apparatus facilitating the opening of a hermetically sealed chamber, the apparatus comprising:
A method for opening a hermetic seal lying in a plane parallel to and positioned between directly opposed surface of a first planar substrate and a second planar substrate, such that the first and second planar substrates form a hermetically sealed chamber in a microfluidic chip, the method comprising:
A method for opening a hermetic seal between a first element and a second element forming a chamber in a microfluidic chip, the method comprising:
A method for opening a first hermetic seal between a first element and a second element forming a first chamber holding a fluid in a microfluidic chip, the method comprising:
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