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 Technologies
MICRONICS HAS CORE CAPABILITIES IN DIFFUSION-BASED
DETECTION, FILTRATION METHODS AND MICROCYTOMETRY.
Micronics is a leader in the development of fluid miniaturization solutions
that integrate and automate laboratory processes on a single, disposable,
versatile and cost-effective lab card.
Today, Micronics holds thirty-one issued or allowed U.S. patents on its
microfluidics technologies, including those exclusively licensed from
the University of Washington and additional intellectual property that
it has developed independently.
Unique Microfluidic Platform Features
- Enables analysis of complex fluids (e.g., whole blood)
- Allows sample preparation and analysis on a single lab card
- Permits 3-D fluid control
- Facilitates chemical reactions
- Offers microplumbing solutions
- Adapts to any production materials
- Takes advantage of plastic laminates
Unique Microfluidic Platform Benefits
- Eliminates need for sample prep
- Streamlines processes
- Minimizes reagent use
- Reduces labor, time and cost
- Provides real-time answers
- Makes it easy to interface different technologies
- Flexible, cost effective, scalable
- Makes rapid prototyping possible
Harnessing the Power of Diffusion
Diffusion is the spontaneous movement of molecules or other particles
in solution due to their random thermal motion, which will ultimately
reach a uniform concentration throughout the solvent – a process
requiring no addition of energy to the system.
Diffusion is difficult to harness on a large, macro scale due to surrounding
"noise" in the environment. At the microfluidics level, however,
the control of diffusion is possible – and powerful. Micronics' solution
is to utilize the properties of laminar flow, which maintains a boundary
between fluids, while molecules within the fluid migrate across the boundary
where they can react to produce a measurable response. This allows rapid
analysis of molecular components that, on the macro level, would require
advance sample preparation, including centrifugation, of the components
to be analyzed.
Micronics is applying its diffusion capabilities in the following patented
technology platforms:
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