Detection chip, preparation method and use method thereof, and detection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11964272-B2
Application number	US-202117348662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2021
Priority date	Aug 27, 2020
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed are a detection chip, a preparation method and use method thereof, and a detection device. The detection chip comprises a substrate and a reservoir chamber. The reservoir chamber is configured to contain a liquid and comprises a support frame, and a first seal layer and a second seal layer for sealing the support frame. The support frame comprises a support frame body and a cavity formed in the middle of the support frame body. The second seal layer is configured to be concaved into the cavity. The substrate comprises a piercing structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A detection chip, comprising:
a substrate comprising a piercing structure; and
a reservoir chamber configured to contain a liquid and comprising a support frame, and a top seal layer and a bottom seal layer for sealing the support frame;
wherein the support frame comprises a support frame body and a cavity formed in a middle of the support frame body, and the bottom seal layer has plasticity and is configured to be pre-deformed to be concaved into the reservoir chamber before the reservoir chamber is used.

2. The detection chip according to claim 1 , wherein a contour of the bottom seal layer is approximately shaped like a hemisphere that is concaved into the reservoir chamber.

3. The detection chip according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom seal layer comprises a polymer layer and a metal layer.

4. The detection chip according to claim 3 , wherein the bottom seal layer comprises an aluminum film and a PE polymer layer.

5. The detection chip according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom seal layer comprises a metal film.

6. The detection chip according to claim 3 , wherein the top seal layer is a flexible polymer film and is configured to deform when pressed.

7. The detection chip according to claim 4 , wherein the PE polymer layer has a thickness of 0.001 mm to 1 mm, and the aluminum film has a thickness of 0.001 mm to 1 mm.

8. The detection chip according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a connecting portion that is configured to be connected to the reservoir chamber.

9. The detection chip according to claim 8 , wherein the connecting portion comprises a bump with a circular cross-section, and a height of the bump is greater than a concave depth of the bottom seal layer.

10. The detection chip according to claim 9 , wherein the piercing structure is a needle tip, and a distance from a top end of the needle tip to a surface, away from the substrate, of the bump is smaller than the concave depth of the bottom seal layer.

11. The detection chip according to claim 9 , wherein the reservoir chamber is fixedly connected to the bump and is coaxially aligned with the bump.

12. The detection chip according to claim 8 , wherein the piercing structure is located at a center of the cross-section shape of the connecting portion.

13. The detection chip according to claim 1 , wherein the piercing structure is a needle tip.

14. The detection chip according to claim 1 , wherein the piercing structure is formed with a micro-channel opening that is configured to be communicated with a micro-channel in the substrate.

15. The detection chip according to claim 1 , wherein in case where the detection chip is used for immunological detection, the substrate is made of PS or PMMA; or
in case where the detection chip is used for molecular detection, the substrate is made of PP or PC.

16. A detection device, comprising:
the detection chip according to claim 1 ; and
a force application mechanism configured to apply a force towards an internal space of the reservoir chamber to the top seal layer of the reservoir chamber of the detection chip to enable the bottom seal layer to deform to be pierced by the piercing structure.

17. A method for operating the detection chip according to claim 1 , comprising:
applying a force towards an internal space of the reservoir chamber to the top seal layer of the reservoir chamber of the detection chip to enable the bottom seal layer to deform to be pierced by the piercing structure.

18. A preparation method of the detection chip according to claim 1 , comprising:
pre-deforming the bottom seal layer to make the reservoir chamber; and
providing the substrate comprising a connecting portion, and fixing the reservoir chamber to the connecting portion.

19. The preparation method of the detection chip according to claim 18 , wherein the step of pre-deforming the bottom seal layer comprises:
fixing the bottom seal layer to the support frame body to cover the cavity;
suspending a slide bar in a vertical direction of the bottom seal layer, wherein the vertical direction is a direction perpendicular to a surface of the bottom seal layer; and
controlling the slide bar to move cyclically along a preset track to enable the bottom seal layer to be concaved into the cavity, wherein the preset track is a motion track of the slide bar after an end of the slide bar presses against the surface of the bottom seal layer.

20. The preparation method of the detection chip according to claim 18 , further comprising:
pre-deforming the bottom seal layer by a hot-pressing or hot-extrusion process.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Chenyu
• Zhang Yufan
• Zhao Jing

Classifications

• B01L3/5027 Primary

  by integrated microfluidic structures, i.e. dimensions of channels and chambers are such that surface tension forces are important, e.g. lab-on-a-chip · CPC title

• B01L2200/10

  Integrating sample preparation and analysis in single entity, e.g. lab-on-a-chip concept · CPC title

• B01L2400/0406

  capillary forces · CPC title

• B01L2200/16

  Reagents, handling or storing thereof · CPC title

• B01L2300/0672

  Integrated piercing tool · CPC title