Patent ID: 8636033
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B01L,F16K,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A microfluidic device initialization apparatus comprising: a lower substrate; an upper substrate disposed opposite to the lower substrate; a lower fixing unit formed in an inner surface of the lower substrate; an upper fixing unit formed in an inner surface of the upper substrate; air pressure holes formed in each of the inner surface of the lower fixing unit in the lower substrate and the inner surface of the upper fixing unit in the upper substrate; and air pressure ports disposed on outer surfaces of the lower and upper substrates and wherein a negative pressure is supplied from an external device through portions of the air pressure ports while a positive pressure is supplied through other portions of the air pressure ports, wherein the lower substrate and the upper substrate are combined with each other at opposite sides of a microfluidic device to initialize the microfluidic device, the microfluidic device is disposed in a space defined by the lower and upper fixing units when the lower substrate and the upper substrate are combined with each other, and the negative pressure and the positive pressure are supplied to the microfluidic device through the respective air pressure holes.