Industry
LasX builds precision laser systems for diagnostic device manufacturing and runs contract production of microfluidic and biosensor components in an ISO 13485 facility with cleanroom capability.
Applications
A serpentine channel 26 µm wide, cut through double-sided acrylic adhesive tape on a PET backing with an ultrashort-pulse laser in the PhotonX Innovation Center. No adhesive stringing, no melt at the bends, backing untouched — and fluid runs the full length. Feature sizes a die can't reach, in the layer your cartridge is already built from. Qualified on your stack, in PhotonX, before you commit to a machine.
Channels cut and laminated in one controlled process, then connected.
Channel geometry comes from the file, so a new mixing path does not need a new tool.
Strips cut from printed electrode laminate, with each sheet registered and compensated for distortion.
Selective ablation of a gold layer patterns custom electrodes. The pattern is a file, so geometry changes without tooling.
A microfluidic metering chip built from laser-processed clear polymer layers.
Fluid ports and flow-cell vias in glass slides and chips. 300 µm holes on a 450 µm pitch are in development in the PhotonX lab (2026), with diameter and pitch within a few microns of nominal. Taper is the development target.
Laser micromachining and micro-joining where heat-affected zone and edge condition are measured on the part — across films, laminates, and device components.
Stable, validated recipes for polymers, adhesives, thin metals and nitinol, laminates, and glass or silicon — particulate and thermal input controlled to the device requirements you specify.
CAD-to-part speed and DOE tuning that move from feasibility to a documented process ready for your IQ/OQ/PQ; UDI marks verified to your readability specification, SPC and vision records, and documentation aligned to ISO 13485 and 21 CFR Part 820 — in non-contact, cleanroom-friendly workflows that scale.
ExactPro registers each sheet of microfluidic laminate and compensates for distortion — mapping the sheet's actual geometry against nominal, which matters most on humidity-sensitive stacks. Positional repeatability is 10 µm, and the cleanroom configuration is standard.
Contract production of microfluidic laminates, biosensor electrodes, and cut-and-laminate assemblies, including biosensor electrode modification and fertility-diagnostic devices.
A microfluidic device works or fails on geometry a human eye cannot see. At this scale, process control is not a differentiator — it is the product.
The machine reads registration features on each sheet and warps the toolpath to the sheet's actual geometry. The part is cut to where the material is, not where the CAD says it should be.
Trials in the PhotonX lab come back as processed samples and a written report — not a proposal.
