Silicon-Integrated Microfluidics Devices: Application and Technology Trends
ABSTRACT
There is a growing demand in bi-medical devices featuring sensing and manipulation of fluid samples combined with a high level of integration. This goes hand-in-hand with advances in digital healthcare, in particular advanced analytics, diagnostics and health monitoring. In this presentation we give an overview of application and technology trends from the perspective of a silicon foundry.
BIOGRAPHY
Daniela Guenther (female), studied biotechnology and microsystem technology at the Ernst-Abbe-University of Applied Science (2008-2011) and at the Technical University Ilmenau (2011-2014). She worked during her studies on surface engineering, Biomaterials and magnetic and optical systems at an industrial research association Innovent in Jena. She joined Alere Technologies GmbH in early 2013 working as project engineer on microfluidics in cartridge level, PCR diagnostics and lab-on-chip (assay design) technologies. Overall she accompanied for developing a novel point-of-care HIV diagnostic platform. In October 2014, she started working at the MEMS process development at X-FAB MEMS Foundry GmbH as a development project manager. She is responsible for 3D-and Wafer-Level-Packaging projects from through silicon VIAs, thin wafer microphones, micro-transfer printing to optimization of noble metal biosensor process. Further she is consultant for bio and medical customer applications on MEMS technologies and takes care on MEMS failure mode and effects analysis (risk coordination).