Patent ID: 6595232
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B01L,B33Y,B81B,B81C,C03B,Y10T

Abstract:
The method of manufacturing a microfluidic device, the method comprising the steps of:disposing a mixture including an organic binder and a precursor material between a mold and a first substrate; heating the mixture under vacuum at a temperature sufficient to thermoform the mixture onto the first substrate and in the shape of the mold; presintering the thermoform mixture and the substrate to form a consolidated first assembly; assembling the first assembly with a second assembly comprising a second substrate such that the presintered thermoformed mixture is positioned between the first presintered substrate and the second assembly; and heating the assembled first assembly and second assembly to a temperature sufficient to form a one-piece microstructure defining at least one recess between the first and second substrates.