EP2521619A2 - Dispositif microfluidique et procédé pour le produire - Google Patents

Dispositif microfluidique et procédé pour le produire

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EP2521619A2
EP2521619A2 EP11787682A EP11787682A EP2521619A2 EP 2521619 A2 EP2521619 A2 EP 2521619A2 EP 11787682 A EP11787682 A EP 11787682A EP 11787682 A EP11787682 A EP 11787682A EP 2521619 A2 EP2521619 A2 EP 2521619A2
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film
opening
microfluidic device
channel
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Thomas Otto
Jörg Nestler
Thomas Gessner
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Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung eV
Technische Universitaet Chemnitz
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  • the present invention relates to microfluidic devices and methods for producing the same.
  • Microfluidic devices are used in many fields of technology, such as e.g. for diagnostic applications.
  • Microfluidic systems often consist, among other components, of one part, which is manufactured for example by means of injection molding. In this part, for example, there are channels or reservoirs.
  • injection molding technology has the advantage that very large quantities can be manufactured here at low cost. However, this is associated with high initial costs, so that a later design change is no longer readily possible.
  • a portion of such a microfluidic system may include a portion defined with its channel and reservoir system. It would be desirable to design such a system so that it would be customizable to the particular application or combination of sensors. The manufacturer's costs should also remain low.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to provide a microfluidic device and a method for producing such microfluidic devices, see above that low production costs can be achieved even with a high degree of design flexibility or a better relationship between production costs on the one hand and design flexibility on the other hand is achieved.
  • This object is achieved by a microfluidic device according to claim 1 and a method for producing in accordance with claims 21 and 24.
  • a finding of the present invention is that it has recognized that a film having an opening therein can be used, inexpensively, at least one component in which or in which channel structures are formed which at least partially form a respective component surface of the at least a component are open to individualize to a respective one of a plurality of channel structure combinations.
  • the manufacturing costs for the microfluidic devices can thus be kept low since a plurality of such at least one component which are identical to one another can be used to produce different microfluidic devices which differ in the connection combination of the channel structures.
  • a self-adhesive film can be used as the film, which makes the process of assembling the micro-fluidic device very easy.
  • the channel structures are also formed in a (common) micro fluidic device in order to at least partially open in the component surface of the one component, wherein the film covers the component surface of this component such that a first and a second channel structure extend laterally along the component surface and within the opening in the film leading path, while a third channel structure is not adjacent to the opening and is at least partially closed by the film on the component surface.
  • a different microfluid device could be formed by a film covering the component surface of another identical component so that, for example, the third channel structure with one of the first or the second channel structure over a laterally along the component surface and within the opening of the latter film Paths are interconnected.
  • Both microfluidic devices thus differ in the connection of the channel structures, although an identically shaped component is the basis.
  • the initial conditions can therefore also be lowered, in particular because the underlying at least one component can be produced in large quantities in injection molding.
  • the opening is closed on the opposite side of the component of a porous membrane, so that gas, such as air, during the introduction of liquids , such as analytes or samples, is displaced into the channel structures through which the porous membrane can escape, though the fluids are safely retained in the fluid structures.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a component as could be used for a microfluidic device according to a comparative example
  • Fig. 2a-d are schematic plan views of the component of Figure 1 illustrating four different exemplary target connection combinations between the channel structures and the component.
  • 3 is a perspective view of a microfluidic device according to an embodiment with not yet attached foil and without a lid;
  • Fig. 4 is a side sectional view of the microfluidic device of Fig. 3 taken along a
  • Figures 5a and 5b are side sectional views of the microfluidic device of Figure 3 taken along a sectional plane passing through a chamber of the channel structures according to two different embodiments;
  • Fig. 6 is a side sectional view of a microfluidic device passing through the aperture in the film according to an alternative embodiment to Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a microfluidic device having a component identical to that of Fig. 3, but with a different foil to provide a different channel structure combination;
  • FIG. 8 shows a plan view of the component surface of a component, which can serve as a basis for various different microfluid devices, according to an exemplary embodiment
  • FIG. 10 is a partial space view of a microfluidic device according to an embodiment with hidden foil and befindlichem membrane as a lid.
  • Fig. 1 1 is a partial space view of the microfluidic device of Fig. 10 of the same
  • FIG. 12 partial view of the microfluidic device of FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 with foil and membrane;
  • FIGS. 10 to 12 shows a partial sectional view of the microfluid device according to FIGS. 10 to 12, wherein the sectional plane extends through the channel structure connecting opening in the film;
  • FIG. 14 is a side sectional view of a microfluidic device taken along a cutting plane passing through the opening in the film according to an alternative embodiment
  • 15 is a side sectional view of a microfluidic device along a sectional plane passing through a flat portion of a channel of a channel structure according to an alternative embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 shows the plan view of a comparative example for a component with a channel structure.
  • the component is, for example, an injection molded part and, as in the embodiments described below, the reference numeral 10 is used for the component.
  • 1 shows the top view of a component surface 12 of the component 10.
  • the external shape of the component 10 is essentially cuboid, but other shapes would also be conceivable, such as parallelepiped, cylindrical or the like.
  • the component surface 12, as can be seen in FIG. 1 is one of the main sides of the component 10, and is also planar, but simply curved component surfaces would also be conceivable, for example.
  • the exemplary embodiments described below will not be discussed in more detail, but the just made statements with respect to the component 10 also apply to the embodiments described below.
  • a channel structure is formed in the component 10. It comprises channels 14 and chambers 16a, 16b, 16c and 16d, of which the chambers 16b and 16d may serve, for example, as sensor sites at which different sensors can perform different measurements in the respective chamber, while the chambers 16a and 16d
  • 16c may be reservoirs or sources of fluids, such as Analyte or samples.
  • the channels 14 and 16a-16d are formed in the component surface in the form of depressions, with a cover component covering these depressions on the component surface 12, as a result of which the fluid structure illustrated in FIG Channels 14 are branched into several sections.
  • a channel section 14a-14d leads from a respective chamber 16a-16d to a common connecting section 14e.
  • the section 14e connects nodes at which the sections 14a, 14c and 14e or 14b, 14d and 14e meet.
  • FIGS. 2a to 2d show the four possible combinations, according to which one of the reservoirs 16a and 16c is connected to one of the sensor sites 16b and 16d. As can be seen, only three of the channel sections would actually be needed. To realize the four different variants according to FIGS. 2a-2d, either four different components 10 would have to be produced, or else the idea on which the embodiments described below are based is used.
  • the channels located in the same do not have a direct connection by means of channels to the flexible chambers for the sensor sites or sources. Rather, the connection, so the channel or channels, is interrupted at one or more points.
  • the injection molded part is then provided with a foil having one or more apertures which (in each case) form a kind of bridge between the separate channel structures, e.g. Channel ends of the same, at the interruptions form.
  • FIG. 3 shows an exemplary embodiment of a microfluidic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the microfluidic device of FIG. 3 is indicated generally at 20. It comprises a component 22, in which or in which channel structures 24a, 24b and 24c are formed, which are at least partially open to a component surface 26 of the component 22.
  • the component 22 may be an injection molded part.
  • the channel structures are completely open to the component surface 26 of the component, ie they are formed in the form of depressions or recesses in the component surface 26. After assembly, they are at least partially covered by a film 28 of the microfluidic device 20.
  • the recesses 24a - 24c Trenches 30a-30c and wells 32a-32c, which together with the film 28 form channels or chambers.
  • the component 22 of FIG. 3 is formed in the form of a substrate or a flat cuboid, and the channel structures 24 a - 24 c all open on one main side, namely the upper side, of the component 22 however, as previously noted, component 22 may in principle take any shape and, of course, component surface 26 as well.
  • channel structures 24a-24c are also laterally spaced apart. This means that the channel structures 24a-24c have no fluidic connection to one another within the component 22.
  • the fluid connection between a subset of the channel structures 24a-24c is first produced by the foil 28, as will be discussed in more detail below Subset of each of the set of channel structures 24a - ⁇ 24c. In the case of FIG. 3, there are thus four possibilities for channel structure connection combinations.
  • the component 22 can be an injection-molded part. It can thus be produced inexpensively in large quantities. Preferably, the component 22 is inherently stable and requires no further carrier. A flexible design would also be possible. Exemplary materials for component 22 include polycarbonate (PC), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), cycloolefin polymer (COP), and cycloolefin copolymer (COC).
  • the film is preferably designed flexibly. Material and film thickness or thickness may vary. For example, the film thickness is less than or equal to 1 mm or even less than or equal to 0.5 mm.
  • the material of the film 28 may be plastic, but other materials are conceivable, such as metal.
  • the film 28 comprises an opening 34, ie a recess which extends over the entire thickness of the film 28, ie from a front side of the film 28 to a rear side thereof.
  • the film 28 is not yet shown in the assembled state.
  • the film 28 In the assembled state, the film 28 is on the component surface 26, as indicated by dotted lines 36.
  • the opening 34 in the assembled state connects the channel structures 24a and 24c. As indicated by dashed lines 38, it accomplishes this by covering the channels 30a and 30c in the assembled state.
  • the channel structure 24b is closed by the film 28 on the component surface 26, so that the The same in particular is not fluidly connected via the opening 34 with the other two channel structures 24a and 24b.
  • the opening 34 in the film 28 thus implements one of the above-mentioned four channel structure combination combinations, wherein in Fig. 7, another film 28 'with a different opening 34' is shown, which leads to another of the four possible combinations, namely the channel structures 24a and 24b are interconnected by the opening 34 'in the assembled state covers the trenches 30a and 30b, but laterally separated from the channel structure 24c. It is readily apparent how films could look for the other two possible combinations.
  • the opening 34 in the film 28 or the path leading from the channel structure 24a to the channel structure 24c and vice versa is closed on a side facing away from the component surface 26 with a lid.
  • the lid may be a porous membrane, as will be shown later with reference to Figures 4 to 5b, but may also be another component, as shown with respect to Figure 6, i. a further injection molded part, in which possibly even one or more or further channel structures are formed.
  • the film is glued to the component surface 26, for example. It is advantageous if the component surface 26, as shown in FIG. 3, is flat or at least only slightly curved, so that no wrinkles form during the application. Corners or edges could also be present in the surface.
  • the film 28 may in particular be a self-adhesive film. Thus, when the microfluidic device of FIG. 3 is fabricated, it is sufficient to join the component and foil to apply the foil 28 to the component surface 26, such as by rolling and / or pressing, with the self-adhesive side of the component surface facing ,
  • the self-adhesive film is, for example, an adhesive tape.
  • the film 28 may also be a self-adhesive film on both sides, such as adhesive tape provided on both sides with an adhesive layer.
  • the adhesive which adjoins the channel structures and, in particular, the fluid located therein may be chosen such that the abutment for the respective application is not critical. The same applies regardless of the presence or absence of the self-adhesive property also for the material of the film.
  • FIG. 3 is merely exemplary in many respects on the design of the channel structures 24a - 24c in the component 22. It has already been pointed out that the channel structures 24a - 24c only exemplarily in Fig. 3 have only depressions. Rather, the channel structures 24a-24c could also be partially buried formed within the component 22, i. Have parts that are not first closed by the film 28 on the component 1 surface 26. Furthermore, the channel structures 24 a - 24 c may also have holes or passages to an opposite side of the component 22.
  • Such a passage is exemplarily indicated by a dotted line in Fig. 3 at 40 in the bottom of the duct 32a.
  • This passage could, for example, serve as an outlet or inlet for a liquid if the channel structure 24a is to serve as a source of fluids or as an outlet.
  • the opening 40 could also be provided for allowing a sensor attachable to the underside of the component 22 to be in contact with the liquid in the chamber 32a in order to make a sensor measurement, e.g. an electrochemical, potentiometric, amperometric, optical, gravimetric or the like.
  • a sensor could already be installed prior to delivery of the microfluidic device 20 in the course of production or only be mounted after delivery to the customer.
  • the microfluidic device 20 it is possible for the microfluidic device 20 to be a disposable product, whereas the sensor is used multiple times.
  • the number of channel structures here is only three by way of example and may be more.
  • FIG. 4 shows a side sectional view of the microfluidic device of FIG. 3.
  • the opening 34 in the film 28 is closed by a lid on a side opposite the component surface 26, the lid being in the case of FIG a porous membrane 42 is.
  • the porous membrane 34 may allow outgassing of excess air.
  • the porous membrane 42 may in particular consist of a material or have a surface which faces the opening 34 in the film 28, which forms a contact angle greater than 90 ° with water or is water-repellent. Of course you could The material may also be formed such that, in addition or as an alternative to other materials, it forms a contact angle greater than 90 °.
  • the film 28 is preferably made thin.
  • the film in addition to the reduction in size, it offers an advantage if the film is made thinner: due to the reduced in this region in contrast to the channel structures flow cross section in the region between the membrane 42 and surface 26, increases locally the pressure, which promotes outgassing through the membrane 42.
  • the flow area of the flow path in the area of the opening 34 is smaller than the average cross-section of the channels of the channel structures (i.e., excluding the chambers), such as those shown in FIG. less than 80% or even less than 50% of the latter.
  • FIG. 3 shows that the film 28, the surface 26 over the entire surface or covered in part, so that the channel structures 24 a - 24 c, as far as their opening is affected to the surface 26, completely covered This is not absolutely necessary.
  • the porous membrane 42 can be over the entire surface of the film 28 formed across or be attached to her, but it is of course also possible that it protrudes only slightly beyond the edge of the opening 34.
  • the film 20 may also have further openings 44.
  • the film 20 may also have further openings 44.
  • Fig. 5a it is shown that the resulting opening upwards can be used as an example to displace liquid located in the chamber 32c from the same.
  • a deformable membrane 46 is provided for covering the opening 44 on a side of the film 28 facing away from the surface 26.
  • An actuator 48 is provided to urge the membrane into the opening 44 and the chamber 32c, respectively.
  • the actuator could also be configured differently, for example by means of a piezoelectric element or the like, a variant is shown in FIG.
  • a closed chamber 50 in which a substance, such as For example, there is water which is chemically converted from a liquid to a gaseous state by electrolysis by means of electrodes 52 located in the chamber 50, whereby the resulting density reduction and expansion exerts a force on the deformable membrane 46, which then penetrates into the opening 44 and / or Bump chamber 32c into it and displace liquid there.
  • the deformable membrane 46 is, for example, a flexible membrane that tends to return to its original state. For example, as shown in FIG.
  • the actuator may be formed by a multilayer arrangement of multiple layers 54a and 54b, such as a multilayer board, such as a spacer layer 54b having a recess for the chamber 50 and one the electrodes 52 layer 54a, wherein the spacer layer 54b is located between the layer 54a and the substrate 22.
  • a multilayer board such as a spacer layer 54b having a recess for the chamber 50 and one the electrodes 52 layer 54a, wherein the spacer layer 54b is located between the layer 54a and the substrate 22.
  • a dashed line 56 indicates that it is possible for the flexible membrane 46 and / or the multilayer assembly 54 to be laterally on one side only, whereas the other side of the line 56 will be covered by the porous membrane 42 ,
  • Fig. 5b shows an alternative to Fig. 5a embodiment.
  • the film 28 already has a sufficiently high deformability in order to be pressed by the actuator 48 in the direction of the chamber 32c in order to displace the liquid content located in the chamber 32c.
  • the opening 44 may thus be missing and the actuator 48 may be mounted directly on the film 28 on a side of the same facing away from the component 22.
  • FIG. 6 shows an alternative to FIG. 3 already mentioned above, according to which a further component 56 is used as cover.
  • Fig. 6 shows that it is possible that the channel structures 24 a - 24 c of a microfluidic device according to embodiments not all are provided in a single component 22, but that they are formed distributed in multiple components.
  • FIG. 6 shows a modified component 22, which differs from that of FIG. 3 in that the channel structure 24c in the component 22 ' is missing. This channel structure 24c is rather in the assembled state, as shown in Fig.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2a-2d a solution of the problem described with respect to this FIG. 1 can thus be achieved in that a combination of a component and a foil according to the exemplary embodiments of FIGS will use.
  • the channel structures 24a to 24c which were to be combined with one another, each had a trench 30a to 30c which at least extends over a section 60 (FIG. 7). ran parallel to each other, ie such that at least one channel is parallel to another channel. In particular, over the length 60, not all channels run parallel to each other throughout. The individual channels project more or less into the section 60 from the two sides along the channel propagation direction 62.
  • This configuration allows elongated apertures in the film 28 having a longitudinal direction 64 transverse to the straight span direction 62 to more or less selectively interconnect the channel structures. The location of these openings 34 in the directions 62 and 64 and the length of the direction 64 of these openings then determines which channel structures are interconnected.
  • FIGS. 9a-9d show four different combinations. Black arrows in the figures indicate channel structures, which are interconnected via the respective opening 34. White arrows were used for channel structures that are kept separate from the connected channel structures.
  • the trenches 30c and 3dd it may be useful to collinearly guide some of the trenches of the channel structures, here the trenches 30c and 3dd, from opposite directions into the region 60, with a gap 66 therebetween which are spaced apart in the direction of extent 62, wherein the gap 66 in the direction 62 is sufficiently large to accommodate, for example, the width of one of the elongated openings 34.
  • FIGS. 9a-9d now show different positions of the opening 34 in the film 28.
  • the openings 34 of FIGS. 9a-9d always connect three of the channel structures with each other, as shown in the figures.
  • FIG. 10 shows an exemplary embodiment of a microfluid device similar to the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 8-9d. While in Fig. 10, the state is shown in which the film and a porous membrane are not mounted as a cover, Figs. 1 1 and 12 respectively show the state with film, but without membrane or with the. Fig. 13 shows a sectional view in which the opening 34 can be seen in the film.
  • the embodiment of FIGS. 10-13 thus corresponds to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 3 in the embodiment according to FIGS. 4 and 5 a, and thus also shows an example such as a restriction of the lateral expansion region for the porous membrane 42, as represented by FIG Dashed line 56 has been illustrated in Fig. 3, can also look.
  • FIGS. 10 shows an exemplary embodiment of a microfluid device similar to the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 8-9d. While in Fig. 10, the state is shown in which the film and a porous membrane are not mounted as a cover, Figs. 1 1 and 12 respectively show the
  • the film 28 in turn extends over the entire surface on the upper side 26 of the component 22.
  • the porous membrane 42 extends only laterally in the interior of the recess in the multi-layer arrangement of the actuator 48.
  • the actual actuator locations of the actuator 46 are not shown in Figures 10-13, but may be configured as shown in Figure 5a, for example.
  • a one-sided adhesive film can be used as the film, and the use of a double-sided adhesive film can be particularly advantageous.
  • a lid may be provided to close a channel open at this point.
  • This lid can, as has been described above. also be designed in the form of a film.
  • the lid can be limited laterally to the recess. He closes the recess from above.
  • the lid can be glued directly at this point.
  • the lid does not have to be completely closed here.
  • the lid may be formed by a porous membrane. This allows escape of possibly unwanted and possibly present in the channel system gas biases.
  • the porous membrane can also be formed of a material which is not wetted by the liquid. If the liquid is a water-based liquid, a membrane with a surface or a material with a low surface energy is particularly suitable here. Examples include fluoropolymers, such as PTFE, PVDF, etc.
  • the easy combinability of configurable fluidic connections and bubble trap represents a further advantage of some embodiments described above, since this only three parts are needed, namely the fixed component with
  • Channel system or reservoirs, the structured film and the cover membrane can be in the manner shown, for example, a remplisstechniksquelie (reservoir), which is not needed separated. This is useful, for example, if a fixed mikrofluidisch.es part, such. one of the components 22 of the embodiments described above contains a multiplicity of reservoirs, but only a part is required for a specific application. If, in such a case, all reservoirs were connected to each other by channels, then liquid could compress the air in these reservoirs and thus flow in the direction of these empty (because not required) reservoirs.
  • the problem can be solved in that the reservoirs are not directly connected to the channel system, but, as described above, are first connected to one another via a "bridge" in the form of a recess with a foil
  • the aforesaid opening is designed in such a way that no connection is formed.
  • the above-mentioned reservoirs can also be provided with pumps.
  • Such pumps can be operated by electrolysis, as previously described.
  • the electrolysis thereby generates a gas, namely in the above-mentioned chamber 50, and deforms a membrane, namely the deformable membrane 46, which is located adjacent to the respective reservoir.
  • the membrane can then be arched into this reservoir and displace the fluid contained therein.
  • the liquid pumped from a reservoir by means of the electrolysis pump could instead be in the direction of the outlet / waste container the empty (air-shrouded) reservoir flow.
  • the only alternative to the above "separation" of the reservoir by means of suitable placement and design of the film according to the above exemplary embodiments would be only in the filling of the unused reservoirs, but this meant an additional material and manufacturing costs.
  • the membrane 46 which in this case is preferably not a porous membrane, but rather preferably a diaphragm that deforms plastically, for example, may temporarily or permanently bond to one another in the direction of the fixed part or component 22, when suspended in a pressure in the direction of the fixed part or component 22 interrupt.
  • Fig. 14 shows such an alternative.
  • the deformable membrane 46 is used, above which in turn is a Aktualor 48.
  • the cross-section of the lateral path 70 through the opening 34 in the film 28 may be at least reduced or the path interrupted. Narrowing in the cross-section of the path 70 may often be sufficient.
  • FIG. 15 shows a further alternative to the embodiment of FIG. 14.
  • the component 22 "is formed differently to the component of FIG. 3, namely in that the area of the surface 26 between the channels 30a and 30c in the Area of the opening 34 is lowered by a depth which is smaller than a depth of the trenches 30a - 30c, so that the flow resistance can be adjusted, which results with the membrane 46 and with membrane 46 depressed without depressing the area
  • an increase can also be present in the surface 26, as shown in Fig. 15.
  • a valve effect can be achieved by the embodiments according to Figures 14 and 15.
  • Such a step can take place, for example, after the filling of a reservoir If the liquid in the reservoir, such as by means of the above-described electrolysis pumps, with a sufficiently large pressure b The membrane 46 is again released from the component 22 or 22 "and the liquid can leave the reservoir in the channel system by means of the path 70 into the channel system.
  • the pressurization of the membrane 46 with a pressure in the direction of the component 22 can also be used as an active valve, if, for example, directly or indirectly the pressure of a gas pressure generated by the electrolysis is.
  • the company must The refraction between the channels or the channel or the reservoir may not be complete, but may also be formed as a recess, which is, however, preferably shallower than the subsequent channel, as has been shown with reference to FIG. 15, ie by means of a flat section in one Channel of the channel structures.
  • Such a depression does not necessarily have to be present between separate channel structures in the sense of the channel structures 24a-24e of previous exemplary embodiments.
  • Such a depression or flat spot in the trenches may also be present in the above-mentioned trenches 30a-30c within a single channel structure in order, as mentioned, to control the flow from a corresponding reservoir or into a corresponding reservoir.
  • microfluidic devices in which it was possible to form different microfluidic devices based on a fixed microfluidic part, which is identical for all. It was possible, for example by two sensors and two fluid sources each one to connect via a bridge with the channel system and another liquid source. This was the case, for example, in the embodiments according to FIGS. 9a and 9d, where unfilled arrows indicate that no liquid can flow here.
  • the above embodiments also show implementation variants, with a porous membrane as a bubble trap. Valves for closing, z. For example, a reservoir may be present as described in the foregoing.
  • micro-siluid system having at least one part with fixed channel structures, wherein at least two channel structures in the fixed part initially have no connection with each other, the compound is instead prepared by a film, which at least the channel structures partially covered, has an opening that connects at least two of the unconnected channel structures in the fixed part with each other.
  • Two channel structures not connected to one another in the stationary part can each lead to an alternatively populated position.
  • the microfluidic system can be designed such that two channel structures not connected to one another in the stationary part come from a different fluid source or reservoir.
  • non-interconnected channel structures there are at least four non-interconnected channel structures in the stationary part, three each of which can be connected by a recess in a foil to select one of two alternative sensor regions or two alternative liquid sources and to another liquid source connect.
  • at least five non-interconnected channel structures are present in the stationary part, three of which can be connected by means of a recess in a film, wherein a solid liquid source is connected to one of two alternative sensor areas as well as one of two alternative liquid sources.
  • the film may be an adhesive tape, wherein the adhesive tape may in turn be an adhesive tape provided with an adhesive layer on both sides.
  • the recess in the film can be closed with a lid. This lid may have a porous membrane.
  • the material of this membrane may be made of a material or be coated with selbigem that forms a contact angle greater than 90 ° with the channel system liquid to be transported.
  • the porous membrane may be made of a water-repellent material, and the water-repellent material may also be a fluorine-containing polymer.
  • a membrane On the side facing away from the fixed part of the film, a membrane may be located, which can be at least partially pressed into the recess of the film by applying pressure. In this case, the necessary pressure for the deformation by electrolysis of water or at least partially water-containing liquid can be caused.

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Selon l'invention, un film muni d'une ouverture est utilisé pour individualiser de manière économique au moins un élément structural dans lequel sont formées des structures de canaux qui sont ouvertes au moins en partie en direction d'une surface respective dudit au moins un élément structural, en une combinaison de structures en canaux respective comprise dans une pluralité de combinaisons de structures en canaux. Les coûts de production des dispositifs microfluidiques peuvent ainsi être maintenus bas dans la mesure où une pluralité d'éléments structuraux du type précité, qui sont identiques les uns aux autres, peuvent être utilisés pour produire différents dispositifs microfluidiques qui se différencient dans la combinaison de jonction des structures à canaux.
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