A microfluidic control system with re-usable micropump/valve actuator and injection moulded disposable polymer lab-on-a-slide

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1244-1247

  Bu, Minqiang ^a   Perch Nielsen, Ivan R ^a   Sun, Yi ^a   Wolff, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disposable lab on a slide; injection moulding; Micropump and microvalve; Re usable actuator; ultrasonic welding

Indexed keywords

CROSS CONTAMINATION; CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; DISPOSABLE LAB-ON-A-SLIDE; FABRICATION COST; FLUIDIC CONTROL; INJECTION MOULDING; LOW COST METHODS; MICRO PUMP; MICRO VALVES; MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL; MICROPUMP AND MICROVALVE; PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR; RE-USABLE ACTUATOR;

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSYSTEMS; OLEFINS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; POLYMERS; PUMPS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; ULTRASONIC WELDING; ULTRASONICS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); WELDING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 80052121002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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