Abstract

Flow control elements for manufacturable microfluidics-devices

Ronny Van 'T Oever, Managing Director, Micronit Microfluidics BV

Reliable results required accurate device functionalities that require the right functional elements and manufacturing method. This presentation will provide an overview of active mechanical flow control elements and purely passive, capillary-based flow control elements. These elements enable various functions such as volume metering, mixing and sequential flow. Also sequential capillary flow controlled by low-power electrical triggers will be shown. Combining these elements, microfluidic and in particular Point-of-Care devices can be constructed which operate fully autonomously or which can be controlled by electrical triggers alone.