The Atomica Biotechnology Microdevices Platform is a collection of microfabrication capabilities, process modules, and device architectures used to manufacture micro-scale biotechnology and medical device components. It supports products that manipulate biological samples, deliver therapeutic substances, detect biological or chemical signals, process fluids, interface with tissue, or integrate sensors into compact devices.

The problem this platform solves is the gap between promising biotechnology concepts and manufacturable microdevices. Many biotechnology products begin as laboratory prototypes assembled from molded polymers, capillaries, tubing, benchtop pumps, adhesives, discrete sensors, and manual handling steps. These prototypes may demonstrate biological feasibility, but they often cannot meet the size, reliability, cost, repeatability, integration, or production requirements needed for commercial products.

What you will learn in this guide

  • Where the platform fits: point-of-care and molecular diagnostics, genetic testing, drug delivery patches and microneedle arrays, organ-on-chip devices, high-throughput screening tools, biosensors, and medical device components
  • The five device families (microfluidics, microneedles, microarrays, sensor and diaphragm structures, and packaging and integration) and how the microdevice fits into a larger product as a cartridge, a delivery interface, or a consumable chip
  • Application architectures: a point-of-care diagnostic system, a molecular diagnostic cartridge, a drug delivery system, a microarray-based system, an organ-on-chip system, and wearable and implantable devices
  • The eight process modules (microfluidic channel, pump, and valve, microneedle, microarray, pressure sensor, diaphragm, and wafer-level packaging), with the materials, processes, and custom layers behind them
  • Design considerations: key performance parameters by device type, the mechanical, fluidic, optical, electrical, and thermal tradeoffs, materials compatibility, and what determines whether a design can scale