Title :
Microfluidics: an enabling technology for the life sciences
Author :
Zengerle, Roland ; Koltay, Peter ; Ducree, J.
Author_Institution :
IMTEK, Freiburg Univ., Freiberg, Germany
fDate :
31 Oct.-3 Nov. 2004
Abstract :
During the last year we have investigated existing and future markets, products and technologies for microfluidics in the life sciences. Within this paper we present some of the findings and discuss a major trend identified within this project: the development of microfluidic platforms for flexible design of application specific integrated microfluidic systems. We discuss two platforms in detail which are currently under development in our lab: microfluidics on a rotating CD ("Lab-CD") as well as a platform to realized customized "nanoliter & picoliter dispensing systems".
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; microfluidics; Lab-CD; integrated microfluidic systems; life sciences; microfluidic platforms; nanoliter dispensing systems; picoliter dispensing systems; rotating CD; Biotechnology; Drugs; Laboratories; Life estimation; Medical diagnosis; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microfluidics; Micromechanical devices; Pharmaceutical technology; Uniform resource locators;
Conference_Titel :
Micro-Nanomechatronics and Human Science, 2004 and The Fourth Symposium Micro-Nanomechatronics for Information-Based Society, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8607-8
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.2004.1421260
