Automation and Computerization of (Bio) sensing Systems

CM Raju, DP Elpa, PL Urban - ACS sensors, 2024 - ACS Publications
Sensing systems necessitate automation to reduce human effort, increase reproducibility,
and enable remote sensing. In this perspective, we highlight different types of sensing …

Dynamic vortex generation, pulsed injection, and rapid mixing of blood samples in microfluidics using the tube oscillation mechanism

P Thurgood, S Needham, E Pirogova, K Peter… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we describe the generation of dynamic vortices in micro-scale cavities at low flow
rates. The system utilizes a computer-controlled audio speaker to axially oscillate the inlet …

Using Electrochemical Immunoassay in a Novel Microtiter Plate to Detect Surface Markers of Preeclampsia on Urinary Extracellular Vesicles

S Lee, AM Gonzalez-Suarez, XH Huang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer nanovesicles secreted by cells. EVs contain
biological information related to parental cells and provide biomarkers for disease …

A Compact Control System to Enable Automated Operation of Microfluidic Bioanalytical Assays

AM Gonzalez-Suarez, A Long, XH Huang, A Revzin - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
We describe a control system for operating valve-enabled microfluidic devices and leverage
this control system to carry out a complex workflow of plasma separation from 8 μL of whole …

Magnetic Non‐Spherical Particles Inducing Vortices in Microchannel for Effective Mixing

S Feng, C Pan, H Ye, W Liu, W Yang, Y Lv, S Tao - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mixing in microfluidic channels is dominated by diffusion owing to the absence of chaotic
flow. However, high‐efficiency microscale mixing over short distances is desired for the …

Engineering an extremely high flow rate micropump and integrating with an inertial microfluidics for rapid and efficient blood plasma extraction from fingertip blood …

TNA Vo, PC Chen, PS Chen, WH Liu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracting blood plasma is a necessary step for many medical diagnostics, and inertial
microfluidics has attracted significant attention in separating plasma and blood cells from …

Role of Microfluidics in Drug Encapsulation for Point-of-care Diagnosis and Prognosis

S Mishra, S Harikrishnan, A Perwez, K Wahabi… - 2024 - books.rsc.org
Microfluidics is a multidisciplinary science that integrates principles of physics, engineering,
chemistry, and biology to manipulate fluid flows at the microscale level. This emerging field …

Accelerated ergonomic collection of capillary blood

KS Buchanan, WK Buchanan… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for accelerated ergonomic collection of
capillary blood. An apparatus and system include a blood collection module with a proximal …