Abstract: A device for handling microfluids comprises at least two layers formed from porous hydrophilic material, to each of which is added hydrophobic material through the thickness of the layer to form a hydrophobic barrier defining the boundaries of a channel, so that a fluid arriving in the channel in the layer can travel along the channel in the plane of the layer bordered by the boundary, which at least two layers are fixed on top of each other by an adhesive substance arranged between the layers so that the fluid can be transferred from the channel of one layer directly to the channel of another layer. The adhesive substance is arranged on the boundary or in its immediate vicinity so that the channel remains free of the adhesive substance.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 3, 2012
Publication date:
May 15, 2014
Applicant:
PHD Nordic OY
Inventors:
Mikko Ovaska, Kalle Kemppainen, Matti Jormakka, Martti Kauppi, Ville Rautiainen