Patent ID: 7402279
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: B01L,C12Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a) a microfluidic component having a microfluidic feature for carrying a fluid of interest; b) an array component comprising a flexible array substrate supporting an addressable collection of probes, said array component bonded to and in operable association with said microfluidic feature of the microfluidic component for analyzing said fluid of interest, wherein the flexible array substrate includes: c) an electronics component joined to said microfluidic component, wherein said electronics component is formed of discrete electronic devices on a substrate that is bonded to said microfluidic component via at least one of the following: contact solder, gold contact bumps, gold contact pads, and conductive adhesive, in order to provide electrical contact between the electronics component and the microfluidic component.