Additive Manufacturing and Injection Molding for rapid prototyping of meso-scale devices for biomedical studies

Nowadays many research activities have been focused on the study and production of integrated microfluidic devices on a mass-production scale with relatively low costs. This is especially important for applications where disposable devices are used for biomedical analysis. In this context, Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a very advantageous technology for the production of inserts for the injection molding of thermoplastic microfluidic devices.