Patent ID: 9233369
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B01L,B29C,B32B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of fabricating a fluidic device, the method comprising: providing a fluidic device including a body having a surface and one or more channels located in the body and defining recesses on said surface, the one or more channels having respective boundaries, wherein the one or more channels are continuously open to the surface; providing the body with protruding walls that protrude from said surface and continuously surround the one or more channels at the boundaries of the one or more channels; forming a layer of adhesive including one or more panel-shaped pieces having a pattern based on a pattern of the boundaries of the one or more channels; and applying the layer of adhesive on the surface by using a known amount of adhesive, and controlling that the layer of adhesive has respective boundaries surrounding the boundaries of the one or more channels by applying pressure in a controlled manner to form a uniformly applied adhesive layer, wherein the protruding walls separate the layer of adhesive from the one or more channels.