We survey progress over the past 25 years in the development of microscale devices for
pumping fluids. We attempt to provide both a reference for micropump researchers and a …

Molding of micro components from thermoplastic polymers has become a routinely used
industrial production process. This paper describes both the more than 30-year-old history …

MEMS technology and applications have grown at a tremendous pace, while structural
dimensions have grown smaller and smaller, reaching down even to the molecular level …

(57) ABSTRACT A microfluidic device for analyzing and/or sorting biological materials (eg,
molecules such as polynucleotides and polypeptides, including proteins and enzymes; …

This paper briefly overviews progress on the development of MEMS-based micropumps and
their applications in drug delivery and other biomedical applications such as micrototal …

Self-assembled monolayer chemistry was used in combination with either multistream
laminar flow or photolithography to pattern surface free energies inside microchannel …

(54) METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR 4,962,037 A 10/1990 Jett et al. ANALYZING
POLYNUCLEOTIDE 4,971,903 A 11/1990 Hyman SEQUENCES BY ASYNCHRONOUS …

The invention provides systems, including apparatus, methods, and kits, for the microfluidic
manipulation and/or detection of particles, such as cells and/or beads. The invention …

The invention provides a microfabricated device for sorting cells based on a desired
characteristic, for example, reporter-labeled cells can be sorted by the presence or level of …

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adjusted under 35 OTHER PUBLICATIONS USC 154 (b) by 824 days.“Biochips.” Nature …