Method of producing flow passage device and flow passage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9162433-B2
Application number	US-201414495769-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2014
Priority date	Sep 26, 2013
Publication date	Oct 20, 2015
Grant date	Oct 20, 2015

Abstract

A flow passage device includes a first base body having a first hole and a second base body having a second hole connected to the first hole to form a flow passage. A first portion formed around the first hole has a specified shape for holding an adhesive. The second base body has a high-wettability surface around the second hole with a low-wettability surface disposed proximate the high-wettability surface, and at least part of the high-wettability surface has a shape matching at least part of the specified shape. The first and second base body are bonded to each other with the adhesive to form the flow passage by aligning the at least part of the first portion with the at least part of the high-wettability surface with positions of the first and the second holes aligned with each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flow passage device that includes a first base body having a first hole and a second base body having a second hole connected to the first hole to form a flow passage,
wherein the first base body has a first portion around the first hole, the first portion having a specified shape for holding an adhesive,
wherein the second base body has a high-wettability surface around the second hole with a low-wettability surface disposed proximate the high-wettability surface, and at least part of the high-wettability surface is patterned to have a shape that matches at least part of the specified shape of the first portion of the first base body, and
wherein the first base body and the second base body are bonded to each other with the adhesive to form the flow passage by aligning the at least part of the first portion with the at least part of the high-wettability surface with a position of the first hole aligned with a position of the second hole.

2. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the high-wettability surface of the second base body is patterned to have a shape that includes a second portion having a shape that matches the specified shape of the first portion of the first base body.

3. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the high-wettability surface around the second hole is surrounded by the low-wettability surface.

4. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first portion of the first base body is a groove.

5. The flow passage device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the groove has an annular portion around the first hole, and the annular portion is separated from the first hole by a flat surface interposed therebetween.

6. The flow passage device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the groove has a bottom surface having a rectangular shape, a wedge shape, or a semi-circular shape in a cross-section thereof.

7. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adhesive is water soluble, the high-wettability surface has hydrophilic characteristics, and the low-wettability surface has hydrophobic characteristics.

8. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adhesive is oil-based, the high-wettability surface has lipophilic characteristics, and the low-wettability surface has lipophobic characteristics.

9. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the high-wettability surface includes an annularly patterned portion around the second hole, and the low-wettability surface is disposed inside and outside the high-wettability surface by patterning.

10. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a surface roughness of the high-wettability surface is different from that of the low-wettability surface.

11. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of the high-wettability surface and the low-wettability surface is created by coating, evaporating, or coating and evaporating a material having a specified wettability or materials having respective specified wettabilities.

12. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein materials of the first base body and the second base body are selected from among glass, plastic, metal, and an inorganic compound.

13. The flow passage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the flow passage device is configured as a microchannel device.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ogura Masaya

Classifications

• B01L2300/0887

  Laminated structure · CPC title

• B01L2200/0689

  Sealing · CPC title

• B32B37/18

  involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only · CPC title

• B32B37/30 Primary

  Partial laminating · CPC title

• Y10T156/10

  Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor · CPC title