MICROFLUIDIC SURFACE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD

• Main Authors: DUERIG, Urs T, LOVCHIK, Robert
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 13.09.2017
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

A microfluidic surface processing device (10a-10h), comprising: a microfluidic probe head (16) with at least one aperture (11) on a face (17) thereof, said at least one aperture (11) comprising at least an outlet aperture (11); and a surface processing structure (21, 21a, 22) extending outwardly and perpendicularly with respect to said face (17), the processing structure being further dimensioned and located with respect to the outlet aperture (11) such that it can intercept a flowpath of liquid (15) dispensed via the outlet aperture, in operation. Related apparatuses and methods are provided. Un dispositivo (lOa-lOh) de procesamiento de superficies microfluídicas que comprende: un cabezal de sonda microfluídica (16) con al menos una abertura (11) sobre la cara (17) del mismo, comprendiendo dicha al menos una abertura (11) al menos una abertura de salida (11); y una estructura de procesamiento de superficies (21, 21a, 22) que se extiende hacia el exterior y perpendicularmente con respecto a dicha cara (17), estando además dimensionada y ubicada la estructura de procesamiento con respecto a la abertura de salida (11) de tal manera que puede interceptar la trayectoria de flujo del líquido (15) suministrado a través de la abertura de salida, en operación. Se proporcionan los aparatos y métodos relacionados.