Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microfluidic devices and methods of fabrication
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Application No.: US14187673Application Date: 2014-02-24
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Publication No.: US09656414B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: John T. Fourkas , Christopher N. LaFratta
- Applicant: John T. Fourkas , Christopher N. LaFratta
- Applicant Address: US MD College Park
- Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
- Current Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
- Current Assignee Address: US MD College Park
- Agency: AuerbachSchrot LLC
- Agent William C. Schrot
- Main IPC: B29C39/36
- IPC: B29C39/36 ; B29C33/38 ; B29C33/40 ; B29C39/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to microfluidic devices that comprise a 3-D microfluidic network of microchannels of arbitrary complexity and to a method for fabricating such devices. In particular, the invention relates to a method of forming microfluidic devices having 3-D microfluidic networks that contain open or closed loop microchannels using a single-step molding process without the need for layer-by-layer fabrication, and to the resultant microfluidic devices. The networks of such microfluidic devices may comprise one or more microchannel circuits which may be discrete or interconnected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140191438A1 Microfluidic Devices and Methods of Fabrication Public/Granted day:2014-07-10
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