So far, high production costs and a lack of standards prevented the rapid prevalence of lab-on-a-chip systems on the market. Primarily, as it is said in a press release from the Fraunhofer IPT, Aachen, therre is a lack of appropriate manufacturing methods for lab-on-a-chip systems on an industrial scale. In addition many microfluidic elements are only slightly compatible with the previously standard laboratory equipment.
In order to achive this goal the project partners are developing a new, modular production system which can not only be produce lab-on-a-chip modules in a short time large numbers but are able to be converted flexibly as required.
To illustrate the variety of applications for the new production technology, the project partners intend to produce examples of possible lab-on-a-chip systems with the new manufacuring facility.
For more information: http://www.ipt.fraunhofer.de/
Contact:
Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Baum
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie IPT
Steinbachstraße 17
52074 Aachen
Telefon +49 241 8904-400
christoph.baum[at]ipt.fraunhofer.de
www.ipt.fraunhofer.de
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 18:50
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The consortium of the EU-funded research project, "ML² - Multilayer MicroLab" wants to establish a new procedure for a cost-effective large-scale series production of lab-on-a-chip systems, so these systems can be disseminated to the market quickly.
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