Fig. 13. Hard micro-machining of microfluidic plates and chips.
MPS examples of a chip and a plate manufactured using thermoplastic polymers. Microscopy slide format chip with integrated fluidic interfaces (A) with cross-flow operating membranes for on-chip co-culture of cells. A microtiter plate-sized platform with on-plate reservoirs for passive hydrodynamic driven fluid flow (design HepaChip project, FKZ 031A121D) (B). Animation of an integrated MPS with parallel on-chip co-culture of different organ equivalents and on-chip liquid supply, including windows optical imaging of metabolites (C). (Courtesy of Microfluidic ChipShop, Germany.)