Patent ID: 8394595
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A lab-on-a-chip comprising: a first region where a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded, the first region including an inlet for receiving a sample fluid; a second region where the first and second substrates are not bonded, the second region including a fluid pathway configured to provide the sample fluid from the first region to the second region, wherein the first region is coupled to a first end of the second region; and a gap adjusting member disposed at a second end of the second region opposing the first end of the second region, the gap adjusting member being configured to adjust a gap between the first and second substrates by adjusting one of the first substrate or the second substrate relative to the other of the first substrate or the second substrate in order to vary a capillary force between the first substrate and the second substrate.