摘要 |
<p>A method an apparatus for manufacturing a microfluidic device (10) is dis closed in which a laser is used to remove selected portions of one of the la yers that make up the device. The portion of the layer may be removed before the layer is amalgamated with other layers making up the device, or the por tion may be removed after the layers have been bonded together. The laser be am used to accomplish removal is a combination of at least two laser beams ( 3, 4), one of which (3) may be a continuous beam to form a melt of the porti on to be removed, the other (4) being pulsed or modulated in some way to per iodically induce shockwaves which remove the portion. The laser beams use at least one part (5, 8, 9) of the same alignment system.</p> |