The liquids are controlled with the help of two turning valves, sample injection is foreseen through a female Luer interface, reagent supply or air pressure through the female Mini Luer interfaces. To operate this chip Luer and Mini Luer male fluid connectors, Luer and Mini Luer plugs as well as silicone and Teflon tubings are of use to allow for the connection of the chip with pumps. Direct filling of the chip with a pipette is possible, the use of pipette connectors is appreciated by several operators. The turning valves can be rotated with a special manual turning valve manipulator. All these accessories are combined in the integrated chip support kit 1.

This integrated chip allows for the development of hybridization assays on chip. Six 12 μl cavities with 200 μm depth can be used for spotting different kinds of arrays. Four of these chambers are operated in row, two further separately. The separate chambers allow e.g. for control or quantification reactions and have pre-cavities to store dry reagents. Sample injection is foreseen through a female Luer interface, reagent supply or air pressure through the female Mini Luer interfaces. The Chip is equipped with the folloing main elements:

The assay chip 2 as described above can be ordered with integrated arrays. microfluidic ChipShop will spot the desired molecules (e.g. DNA probes, antibodies, antigens etc.) on the polymer surface and will cover the chip with the thin cover foil. Reagents like antibodies or antigens and reference material have to be provided by the customer or will be charged separately. For the order of a special array a process set-up needs to be ordered in advance.