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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2018
Midiagnostics NV, Leuven, BE;
Benjamin Jones, Leuven, BE;
miDiagnostics NV, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an arrangement (') in a capillary driven fluidic system for preventing wicking of a fluid along an edge () between a first substrate (′) and a second substrate (′), said arrangement comprising: a first substrate (′) including a microfluidic channel () arranged to house the fluid, a second substrate (′) arranged to cover a portion of the first substrate (′), wherein the microfluidic channel () of the first substrate (′) meets the second structure (′) at a position () along an edge () defined between the first (′) and second (′) substrates, wherein the first and the second substrate collectively define a trench () for stopping wicking of the fluid along the edge (), said trench () being arranged in at least one of the first substrate (′) and the second substrate (′), and located at a distance from said position () along the edge () and intersecting the edge ().