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Octara Microfluidic

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Design the chip. Simulate it. Inspect what fails.

A microfluidics-native design canvas with validated physics and a design assistant. Go from a research objective to an editable architecture you can simulate, analyze and export for fabrication.

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Octara Microfluidic editor with a chip on the design canvas
octara microfluidic - design canvas

The workflow

From objective to fabrication-ready geometry

One path through the tool, with a check at every step. Nothing in the result is faked; every number comes from the solver or a design rule.

  1. 01

    Objective

    State the assay or device you need in plain language, or start from a template.

  2. 02

    Design

    The assistant proposes an editable chip architecture with physically-reasoned geometry.

  3. 03

    Edit

    Adjust topology and per-component dimensions on a snap grid with live validation.

  4. 04

    Simulate

    Solve the lumped hydraulic network for pressure, flow, velocity and Reynolds number.

  5. 05

    Analyze

    Inspect flow balance across outlets, residence time and where a design fails.

  6. 06

    Validate

    Compare against analytic limits and design rules before committing to fabrication.

  7. 07

    Export

    Emit manufacturing-ready geometry as SVG, DXF, STEP or STL.

Real designs

Architectures generated and simulated in Octara

These are rendered from the application, not illustrations. Gradient generators, droplet systems, mixers, manifolds and organ-on-chip networks.

Christmas-tree concentration-gradient generator
concentration-gradient generator
Concentration-gradient generatorChristmas-tree / Pascal-triangle mixing tree into a collection chamber.
H-tree gradient generator with matched hydraulics
h-tree, matched hydraulics
H-tree, matched hydraulicsBalanced eight-outlet distribution with equal path resistance.
Distribution manifold bus array
distribution manifold
Distribution manifoldBus array feeding parallel channels from a shared inlet.
Organ-on-chip multi-chamber network
organ-on-chip network
Organ-on-chip networkMulti-chamber layout with matched perfusion.
T-junction droplet generator
droplet generator
Droplet generatorT-junction geometry for monodisperse droplet formation.
Serpentine passive mixer
serpentine mixer
Serpentine mixerExtended path length for diffusive mixing.

Beyond the lumped model

Field solvers for the physics that matters

The desktop application goes past reduced-order resistance networks into validated field simulation - chaotic mixing, deterministic displacement, valving and single-cell capture.

CFD of a herringbone chaotic mixer
cfd - herringbone mixer
Herringbone mixerStaggered-groove chaotic advection.
CFD of a deterministic pillar array
cfd - pillar array
Pillar arrayDeterministic lateral displacement.
CFD of a Tesla valve
cfd - tesla valve
Tesla valveDirectional resistance without moving parts.
CFD of a cell trap array
cfd - cell trap array
Cell trap arrayHydrodynamic single-cell capture.

A parametric component library

Droplet generatorDroplet generator
Cell trap arrayCell trap array
Dean-flow channelDean-flow channel
Chaotic mixerChaotic mixer
Cross-junctionCross-junction
ConcentratorConcentrator

Capability

Prompt Studio

Describe an assay and get an editable architecture, not a black box. Every generated component is a real parametric part you can inspect and change.

Prompt Studio design assistant
prompt studio

Capability

Cell sorting design

Design separations for real cell libraries, including the cancer-versus-normal case: circulating tumor cells against whole-blood background, sized and simulated.

Cancer versus normal cell sorting streams
cell sorting design

Capability

Live field simulation

Beyond the lumped model, the desktop application runs validated field solvers for pressure, velocity and mixing, including a 3D view.

3D flow field simulation
live field simulation

Exports

Geometry your fab can use

Designs leave Octara as manufacturing-ready files, not screenshots. Vector masks for soft lithography, solid models for tooling, and a readable report of the design and its simulated behavior.

SVGDXFSTEPSTLPNGHTML report

Try it now, free

The free web Studio runs a real lumped-hydraulic solver in your browser. Build a small network, set flow and viscosity, and read pressure, flow and Reynolds number on the design.

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