uProcess™ Automated Pumps, Valves and Sensors

The LabSmith breadboard-based uProcess™ automated syringe pumps, valves, pressure and temperature sensors are part of the uProcess microfluidics automation system of software and hardware products which provides simple, straightforward automated routing of microfluidic volumes.

uProcess automated devices work together with CapTite™ microfluidic interconnect products to make it easy to build and rebuild micro- and nano-fluidic circuits. All products are inter-compatible and quick to assemble, taking the hassle out of fluid routing and control.

SPS01 Programmable Syringe Pumps deliver volumes up to 100 microliters, with resolution as low as 2 nanoliters. The pump body design allows syringes to be easily removed and replaced, providing a wide range of volumes with a single pump.

Automated Selector Valves provide 2-position, 3, 4 or 6-port switching, with near-zero dead volumes and low swept volumes and a switching time at just 0.4 seconds, and 8-position, 9 port selector valves.

Miniature pressure sensors fit into any CapTite port to measure fluid pressure for monitoring or control with very low dead volume.

Temperature sensors. K-type bare or insulated thermocopuples that fits to the 4AM analog sensor module.

Heater/cooler units. Peltier elements for cooling or heating. Connects to the 4PM 15W miniature power driver module.

uProcess Software provides a simple interface for configuring and controlling uProcess pumps and valves and for creating automated processes for coordinated control.

uPB breadboards provides a compact, stable mechanical mounting platform for uProcess devices and microfluidic chips, tied together with CapTite flow routing and interconnect components.

All uProcess devices are connected through a common bus on the uPB Breadboard to an interface box, communicating with the software through a USB interface. One control interface can sequence and coordinate more than 30 devices, and breadboards can hold 5, 8 or 12 devices each.