US 12,296,509 B2
Microfluidic device and method of manufacture
Eleanor A. Derbyshire, Lexington, KY (US)
Assigned to Hummingbird Nano, Inc., Nicholasville, KY (US)
Appl. No. 17/266,668
Filed by HUMMINGBIRD NANO, INC., Nicholasville, KY (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/045961
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033865, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,651, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0299916 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 39/42 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29K 69/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 39/42 (2013.01) [B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0827 (2013.01); B29K 2069/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/756 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for molding a part, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a mold;
providing a UV curable molding material having a viscosity;
providing to the molding material a self-curing responsive substrate;
providing a stylus for creating a magnetic or electric field;
providing a UV light source enabled to emit UV light integrated into the self-curing responsive substrate;
moving the stylus to cause the responsive substrate to move through the molding material to form a channel;
curing the molding material.