Patent ID: 6919045
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: B01J,B01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A combination of a supply element and a laboratory microchip with a microfluidic structure, the microchip comprising a substance supplier; the supply element comprising at least one substance-containing supplier including a substance; wherein the microchip substance supplier is adapted to be connected in flow relation with the substance-containing supplier of the supply element; said at least one substance-containing supplier having a substance seal for maintaining the substance therein in the substance-containing supplier; the substance-containing supplier and seal thereof having a size, position, material and shape for causing the seal thereof to be opened to the microchip in response to the supply element and the microchip being joined together and for enabling said substance to be transferred from said at least one substance-containing supplier to said substance supplier disposed within the microchip, the substance-containing supplier in the supply element being different from the substance supplier in the microchip.