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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2009
John T. Santini, Jr., North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Michael J. Cima, Winchester, MA (US);
Scott A. Uhland, Medford, MA (US);
John T. Santini, Jr., North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Michael J. Cima, Winchester, MA (US);
Scott A. Uhland, Medford, MA (US);
MicroCHIPS, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
Microchip devices are provided that include a substrate; a plurality of reservoirs in the substrate, each reservoir defining an internal volume; and a reservoir cap positioned on or in each of the reservoirs bounding the internal volume from an external environment, the reservoir cap being formed of a material that undergoes a phase change upon heating, wherein the internal volume can communicate with the external environment upon heating said reservoir cap to cause said reservoir cap to undergo a phase change and rupture.