Microfluidic devices and methods of fabrication

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PATENT NO 8656949
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11838355

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The present invention relates to microfluidic devices that comprise a 3-D microfluidic network of microchannels of arbitrary complexity and to a method for fabricating such devices. In particular, the invention relates to a method of forming microfluidic devices having 3-D microfluidic networks that contain open or closed loop microchannels using a single-step molding process without the need for layer-by-layer fabrication, and to the resultant microfluidic devices. The networks of such microfluidic devices may comprise one or more microchannel circuits which may be discrete or interconnected.

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK0134 LEE BUILDING 7809 REGENTS DRIVE UM VENTURES COLLEGE PARK MD 20742

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Fourkas, John T Bethesda, US 21 228
LaFratta, Christopher N Brighton, US 3 42

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