Abstract: The invention relates to a channel comprising device (1) comprising a channel (10) with a channel wall (15), a channel inlet (11) and a channel outlet (12), wherein the channel wall comprises a polymer (150),wherein the polymer (150) comprises an epoxy-based polymer. The invention further relates to a system (1000) comprising a Coriolis-type flow measuring device(50) comprising the channel comprising device (1) according to the invention and an actuation system (450) configured to let at least part of the channel (10) vibrate thereby causing temporary displacements. The invention, further relates a method for measuring a property of a fluid, wherein the property of the fluid is a property selected form the group consisting of a mass flow rate of the fluid and a density of the fluid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chip equipped with a plurality of compact microfluidic valves with multiple inlets and outlets, actuated by means of a flexible membrane system. The chip preferably comprises a deformable sealing layer made of at least one flexible, elastic, and insulating material; a structure formed by a succession of one or several microstructured layers, wherein said structure comprises one or several micro-chambers, one or several microfluidic channels, and one or several fluidic inlets and outlets; and wherein said structure is installed on a base substrate. The invention likewise relates to a microfluidic device that comprises the aforementioned chip, to a method for the fabrication of the chip, and to the uses associated with the chip and the microfluidic device.

Abstract: The document describes a sensor, apparatus and method for the direct analysis of fluids in order to determine concentration of solutes in solutions. Transductors with porous birefringent monolayer or multilayer structures (such as a planar photonic structure in the form of a Bragg microcavity) may be used as sensors. The method of the invention can be performed in two possible implementations; a first one, wherein the sensor is a photonic crystal in a microfluidic device which comprises two transparent windows, data being retrieved in transmission mode and a second one, wherein the photonic crystal sensor is located on the tip of an optical fiber, data being retrieved in reflection mode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable diagnostic card for detecting an analyte in a fluid sample, comprising a base with a support surface for supporting a reagent strip and a sample receiving chamber; and a cover placed tightly on the base with an opening over the chamber of the base for introducing the sample, and a window over part of the reagent strip for observing a reaction thereon. An end of the reagent strip is bent and inserted into the sample receiving chamber, the sample in the chamber being movable by capillary action through the reagent strip from said bent end. The invention also relates to an electronic reading device having a housing for inserting a diagnostic card, optical reading means for reading a change in color on the reagent strip, and display means for visually presenting the results of the reading.

Abstract: An SU-8 microneedle for monitoring and stimulating neurons, has a thickness less than 100 micrometers and a length of 50 micrometers to 10 centimeters. A manufacturing method allows removing the microneedle from the substrate without using mechanical devices due to the initial coating of a rigid substrate with an aluminium layer as a sacrificial layer and the final chemical etching of the aluminium layer for chemically removing the microneedle obtained in known intermediate photolithographic manufacturing steps.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a procedure for the manufacture of micro-nanofluidic devices for flow control such as microvalves, micropumps and flow regulators, using a photodefinable polymer and an elastomer as structural materials and to the micro-nanofluidic devices for flow control obtained by said procedure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro-device for selective and non-invasive separation of particles in polydispersed suspensions through the strategic use of ultrasounds, laminar flow and standing wave effects in a channel produced in a chip by means of microtechnology. Said device is a resonant multi-layer system with a modified lambda quarter-type treatment channel, which enables the particles to be channeled and separated in a flow inside the substrate channel without touching the walls of the device, in order to avoid problems of adherence. Said micro-device can be used in the field of biomedicine and/or biotechnology for the separation and concentration of cells, preferably human cells, applicable to research and medical processes for diagnosis and treatment.