BioMEMS: 1st Edition Proceedings

BioMEMS is targeted to have the fastestgrowth rate within the MEMS market,particularly for drug discovery anddelivery, diagnostics, biotelemetry, and genomics. However, manufacturing ofBioMEMS devices differs from IC manufacture because the market requires a diversity of materials, physical structures, input/output methods, products, and initially lower volumes per product. This creates an obvious need for modular, non-silicon approaches to

building inexpensive disposable chemical and biological sensors and systems. Held in July 1999, this conference was one of the only MEMS conferences that focused specifically on the commercialization of BioMEMS accompanied with manufacturing strategies essential for the success of MEMS devices in the

biomedical field. Conference participants benefited from specific case studies outlining commercial strategies for the successful implementation of BioMEMS into the biomedical marketplace.