Patent ID: 8105557

Claim:
A microreactor assembly comprising a fluidic interconnect backbone and plurality of fluidic microstructures, wherein: each of the fluidic microstructures comprises a plurality of fluidic microchannels comprising respective microchannel input/output ports; the fluidic interconnect backbone comprises at least one interconnect microchannel comprising interconnect input/output ports; the microreactor assembly comprises a plurality of non-polymeric interconnect seals associated with the interconnect input and output ports; interconnect input/output ports of the fluidic interconnect backbone are interfaced with microchannel input/output ports of the fluidic microstructures at one of the non-polymeric interconnect seals; and the interconnect microchannel is defined entirely by the fluidic interconnect backbone and is configured such that it extends between the non-polymeric interconnect seals without interruption by additional sealed interfaces, wherein the non-polymeric interconnect seals comprise sintered glass portions of the fluidic interconnect backbone and the fluidic microstructures.