Micro Pump and Fluid Platform Integration for Lab-on-a-Chip Sample Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lab-on-a-chip technologies face challenges in efficiently processing samples in a compact form, lacking integration of essential components like micro pumps and fluid platforms, which limits their operational convenience and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a substrate with a thin film transistor, micro pump, and micro fluid platform, enabling the transport and manipulation of samples through independent traveling paths, utilizing electrostatic and piezoelectric mechanisms for precise control and reaction management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If microfluidics technology is used for lab on a chip, then sample processing can be completed on a single chip, but the device lacks integration of essential components like micro pumps and fluid platforms, limiting operational convenience and efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the micro pump, fluid platform, and control circuitry onto a single substrate to form a complete lab-on-a-chip system. This merging of previously separate components enables sample processing to be completed on one chip while maintaining full operational functionality, directly resolving the contradiction between device integration and operational convenience
2Productivity
If a complete lab on a chip system is created with all necessary components, then sample processing efficiency improves, but the chip size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs nested integration where the micro pump chamber, fluid platform, and electrical components are layered and positioned within a compact three-dimensional arrangement on the substrate. This nesting approach allows complete sample processing functionality to be achieved while minimizing the overall chip footprint, resolving the contradiction between productivity and device volume
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration allows for efficient, compact sample processing, facilitating reactions and separations in a chip-level format, enhancing operational convenience and reducing the need for human intervention.
Implementation Method 1
utilizing electrostatic and piezoelectric mechanisms for precise control
Implementation Method 2
utilizing electrostatic and piezoelectric mechanisms for precise control
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AI summary
An electronic device including a substrate, a thin film transistor, a micro pump, and a micro fluid platform is provided. The thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate. The micro pump is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The micro fluid platform is disposed on the substrate and coupled to the micro pump. The micro pump is configured to travel a to-be-test sample to the micro fluid platform.