US Patent 7060227 Microfluidic devices with raised walls

A microfluidic device is provided and comprises a device that is assembled from segments of microfluidic features using built-in alignment features, such as the raised walls of the channels or protrusion/recess pairs to comprise channels, nozzles, optical detectors, distillation columns, etc., to form a device for a specific application, such as an electrospray-mass spectrometer interface. Some of the segments can be of standard dimensions with standard alignment features so that the user may assemble microfluidic devices for specific applications using standard prefabricated segments as part thereof.