Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microfluidic systems for epidermal sampling and sensing
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Application No.: US17027887Application Date: 2020-09-22
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Publication No.: US11883165B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: John A. Rogers , Jungil Choi , Tyler R. Ray , Johnathan T. Reeder , Yurina Sekine , Amay J. Bandodkar , Yi Zhang , Hexia Guo , Sungbong Kim , Diana Ostojich
- Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY , THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Applicant Address: US IL Evanston
- Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY,THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Current Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY,THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Evanston; US IL Urbana
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Tim Tingkang Xia, Esq.
- Main IPC: A61B5/145
- IPC: A61B5/145 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/053 ; A61B5/103 ; A61B5/1455 ; B01L3/00

Abstract:
A microfluidic system includes a flexible substrate having a skin-facing surface and a back-facing surface; a microfluidic network at least partially embedded in or supported by the flexible substrate; a sensor fluidically connected to the microfluidic network, wherein the microfluidic network is configured to transport a biofluid from a skin surface to the sensor; and a capping layer, having a capping layer skin-facing surface and a back-facing surface, wherein the back-facing surface of the capping layer is attached to the skin-facing surface of the substrate. The flexible substrate is at least partially formed of a thermoplastic elastomer or a polymer configured to provide a high barrier to vapor or liquid water transmission.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210000395A1 MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS FOR EPIDERMAL SAMPLING AND SENSING Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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