Abstract

Reagent Deposition for Minimally Instrumented Microfluidics Devices

Claude Dufresne, CEO, axiVEND LLC

Microfluidics devices are excellent at carrying out biochemical and chemical reactions at a reduced scale.  They are often the platform of choice for Point-of-Use test kits. There has been a trend towards minimally instrumented microfluidics, reducing external requirements for pumping systems, tube assemblies, etc… These new microfluidics devices can be produced by pre-loading reagents onto the chips.

There are a large number of methods, active and passive, for integrating and releasing dry and liquid reagents onto microfluidics devices.  This presentation will focus on the use of non-contact and contact low volume precision liquid dispensing to deposit a wide variety of reagents onto microfluidics components, during their manufacturing.  Technologies will cover picoliter, nanoliter, as well as pin tools for the transfer of biological molecules, nanoparticles, hydrogels, buffer components, into channels, reaction chambers, or microarray areas.