Patent ID: 9398881
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A micro-analyzer configured for on-chip micro-analysis, comprising: a substrate; a patterned surface disposed on the substrate, which further comprises: an outer surface region configured to collect and transport liquid droplets radially toward a center of the patterned surface; and an inner surface region within the outer surface region, wherein the inner surface region is configured to receive the liquid droplets collected by the outer surface region; and an analysis mechanism in an area in the inner surface region configured to analyze the collected droplets, wherein the outer surface region comprises a set of micro-patterned concentric rings, wherein a given micro-patterned concentric ring from the set of micro-patterned concentric rings comprises a set of radially-oriented wall-groove pairs, and wherein the number of wall-groove pairs in the given micro-patterned concentric ring increases from an outermost ring toward an innermost ring.