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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Gregory A. Cooksey, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Francisco Javier Atencia-fernandez, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Gregory A. Cooksey, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Francisco Javier Atencia-Fernandez, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, Washington, DC (US);
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and system for a folding microfluidic device comprises creating at least one folding line in a material, forming a plurality of layers of a microfluidic device in said material, and folding the material at the fold lines to create a self-aligned multilayered microfluidic device. The material can comprise a carrier material with an adhesive layer on the top and bottom surfaces.