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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Harold E. Ayliffe, Woodinville, WA (US);
Curtis S. King, Kirkland, WA (US);
Harold E. Ayliffe, Woodinville, WA (US);
Curtis S. King, Kirkland, WA (US);
EI Spectra, LLC, Hailey, ID (US);
Abstract
A method to manufacture microfluidic sensors, includes stacking a plurality of layers of material to form at least a first cap layer, a first channel layer, an interrogation layer, and a second channel layer. During assembly, ribbon sections of substrate layers are sandwiched to cooperatively align elements through-the-thickness of the sandwich. Individual sensors are then removed from the sandwich ribbon. A componentizing step includes forming one or more element for successive sensors spaced along the axial length of a ribbon of substrate material. Certain elements include electrically conductive patterned structuresprinted onto a substrate using conductive ink and a printing process. Sometimes, the printing process places material in operable position to conduct electricity through the thickness of at least one ribbon. Other elements may include channels; tunnels, and vias