Science Foundry – Microfluidics for QATCH Technologies

Science Foundry is developing a production process to manufacture a wafer-scale microfluidics device for QATCH Technologies. QATCH’s nanovisQ is an acoustic lab-on-a-chip device that combines a capillary viscometer, an established rheology method, and a quartz based high shear-rate viscometer. QATCH’s proprietary sensor technology, the nanovisQ, can identify injectable and manufacturable drug formulations using a poppy-seed sized drop, thereby de-risking drug discovery for pharmaceutical companies.

The nanovisQ device requires fabricating microfluidic channels on a thin quartz substrate. The microfluidic channels are created through a unique combination of standard photolithography techniques, allowing for ultimate dimensional control and repeatability. Science Foundry has worked hand-in-hand with QATCH over the last year to transfer their process from an academic environment to an ISO9001 manufacturing line with great success.

On working with Science Foundry, Zehra Parlak, CEO of QATCH Technologies, says, “Transferring our innovative fabrication protocol to an ISO 9001 manufacturing line has been a significant value-creating step for QATCH. We owe much of this success to our partnership with Science Foundry and the strong communication we’ve maintained with their team.”

Reach out to Science Foundry if you have a microfluidic device you are ready to take to volume production: foundry@science.xyz.

Source: science.xyz/services/foundry/