Point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases: From methods to devices

C Wang, M Liu, Z Wang, S Li, Y Deng, N He - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The current widespread of COVID-19 all over the world, which is caused by SARS-CoV-2
virus, has again emphasized the importance of development of point-of-care (POC) …

Point-of-care testing (POCT) diagnostic systems using microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technologies

W Jung, J Han, JW Choi, CH Ahn - Microelectronic Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is necessary to provide a rapid diagnostic result for a prompt on-
site diagnosis and treatment. A quick analysis time and high sensitivity, with a sample-to …

Active droplet sorting in microfluidics: a review

HD Xi, H Zheng, W Guo, AM Gañán-Calvo, Y Ai… - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to manipulate and sort droplets is a fundamental issue in droplet-based
microfluidics. Various lab-on-a-chip applications can only be realized if droplets are …

Point of care diagnostics: status and future

V Gubala, LF Harris, AJ Ricco, MX Tan… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We review point-of-care (POC) diagnostics, in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests that do not involve
the use of laboratory staff and facilities to provide the result. The analytical “targets” include …

A review of cyclic olefin copolymer applications in microfluidics and microdevices

A Agha, W Waheed, N Alamoodi… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COC) are amorphous, transparent thermoplastics composed of
cyclic olefin monomers (norbornene) and linear olefins (ethene). They are increasingly …

Microfluidic chips for point‐of‐care immunodiagnostics

L Gervais, N De Rooij, E Delamarche - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We might be at the turning point where research in microfluidics undertaken in academia
and industrial research laboratories, and substantially sponsored by public grants, may …

Micro-injection moulding of polymer microfluidic devices

UM Attia, S Marson, JR Alcock - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2009 - Springer
Microfluidic devices have several applications in different fields, such as chemistry, medicine
and biotechnology. Many research activities are currently investigating the manufacturing of …

A paper and plastic device for performing recombinase polymerase amplification of HIV DNA

BA Rohrman, RR Richards-Kortum - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of HIV, only a small fraction of HIV-
exposed infants in low-and middle-income countries are tested for the disease. The gold …

Nano/Microfluidics for diagnosis of infectious diseases in developing countries

WG Lee, YG Kim, BG Chung, U Demirci… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2010 - Elsevier
Nano/Microfluidic technologies are emerging as powerful enabling tools for diagnosis and
monitoring of infectious diseases in both developed and developing countries. Miniaturized …

Microfluidic lab-on-a-foil for nucleic acid analysis based on isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA)

S Lutz, P Weber, M Focke, B Faltin, J Hoffmann… - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
For the first time we demonstrate a self-sufficient lab-on-a-foil system for the fully automated
analysis of nucleic acids which is based on the recently available isothermal recombinase …