Over the past decade, LMI has supplied around ten laser marking machines for use in medical microfluidics. The laser machines are used to create microscopic channels in plastic for analyzing fluids such as blood and urine.

The latest in a series of companies to invest in lasers for microfluidics is Bifrost Biosystems AB. They deliver technology for screening in a systems biology context. This technology increases researchers' ability to develop drugs.

Microfluidics according to Wikipedia:

Microfluidics is the study of how fluids, which are physically confined to the micrometer scale in at least one dimension, behave, are measured, and manipulated. It is a multidisciplinary field of research that includes elements from engineering, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, microtechnology, nanotechnology, and biotechnology, with practical applications in the design of systems that process very small volumes of fluids to achieve, among other things, multiplexing, automation, and high-throughput screening.[1] Microfluidics emerged in the early 1980s, initially with applications in inkjet printheads[2] for printers and later in lab-on-a-chip techniques, micropropulsion, and microthermal technologies. Microfluidics can be used for medical diagnostics.