Method for providing a dried reagent in a microfluidic system and microfluidic system

• Main Authors: WUERL SUSANNE, ROEDL ROMI, WINCKLER-DESPREZ VALERIE, AUGSTEIN MANFRED
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.07.2014
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; BLASTING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; DRYING; DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM; HEATING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LIGHTING; MEASURING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TESTING; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A method for providing a dried reagent in a microfluidic system is provided, the method comprising the following steps: providing a microfluidic system having a microfluidic structure, introducing a flowable carrier medium containing a reagent in the microfluidic structure, and drying the reagent in the microfluidic structure by lyophilization.