• Rotational microfluidic platforms have attracted swiftly growing interest over the last decade due to their suitability for integration and automation of sample preparation and detection. (ncsr.ie)
  • The last decade has seen a rise in the use of microfluidics based portable diagnostic devices, especially on the rotational platform (lab on a compact disc). (iisc.ac.in)
  • For this reason, this year's COMPAMED Innovation Forum was dedicated to the topic of "Microfluidics for Mobile Diagnostics and Development of Vaccines and Drugs" and presented how microfluidic processes can help, for example, to better and faster solve the red-hot challenges of a global pandemic. (ivam.de)
  • Dr. Alexios Paul Tzannis from IMT Masken und Teilungen from Switzerland explained challenges and opportunities of functional surfaces, e.g. for biosensors in microfluidic flow cells for diagnostics. (ivam.de)
  • Microfluidic CD system for lab-on-chip medical diagnostics. (tikalon.com)
  • His current research interests in the development of MEMS and microfluidic systems include nucleic acid diagnostics, cancer immunology, exosome analysis, liposomal nanomedicines, and advanced technologies for studying viral aerobiology. (umd.edu)
  • A microfluidic device for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) processing includes a platform with a microstructure with at least one reaction chamber, and a heating element. (justia.com)
  • Yet, as all liquids residing on the disc are exposed to the same centrifugal field, an inherent challenge of these systems remains the automation of multi-step, multi-liquid sample processing and subsequent detection. (ncsr.ie)
  • More recently, bead-based methods and microfluidic platforms have started to impact immunoassays and by coupling with single molecule detection look set to take the sensitivity of traditional ELISA to new levels. (ddw-online.com)
  • Valving is of pivotal importance on these compact "Lab-on-a-Disc" (LoaD) platforms as all liquids are exposed to the same centrifugal field. (ncsr.ie)
  • Some automated platforms include new or alternative ELISA formats typically with miniaturised or microfluidic components. (ddw-online.com)
  • John Watson from British pump manufacturer TTP Ventus explained how users should select the right pump for a compact and mobile POC diagnostic system. (ivam.de)
  • Professor Gang Logan Liu of the University of Illinois Micro and Nanotechnology Lab and his research team have developed a " lab-on-a-chip " medical diagnostic system using CDs formed as microfluidic devices which can be read by standard computer CD drives (see image). (tikalon.com)
  • We, therefore, study the startup electro-osmotic flow of a viscoelastic fluid in a rotating rectangular microfluidic channel described by the Oldroyd-B model. (iisc.ac.in)
  • LOCs can use microfluidic manipulation of small droplets of fluid to move the fluid around a reaction chamber on the chip, such as by the use of electrowetting of other processes. (justia.com)
  • Luis Fernández from the Spanish company microLIQUID is a specialist in customized microfluidic elements and emphasized that these devices offer many advantages in development processes because they are inexpensive, suitable for high throughput and high automation, and offer improved sensitivity. (ivam.de)
  • In particular, we show that the development of secondary flow in the channel due to the Coriolis forcing starts forming the vortex structures in the field aided by the lateral confinement of the channel, which may be of useful towards an enhancement in mixing in microfluidic devices. (iisc.ac.in)
  • He believes there is a large market for microfluidic products: from life science research to clinical research in human and veterinary medicine to industrial research, especially for point-of-care and point-of-use applications such as rapid testing. (ivam.de)
  • 5. The clinical chemistry analyzers is compact, small in size and portable. (locmedt.net)
  • Jacques Pechdimaljian from French manufacturer Fluigent explained control for flow in the microfluidic channel and strategies for POC and POU applications. (ivam.de)
  • Microfluidics can make all the difference in this race, because microfluidic components accelerate the speed of development and Lab-on-a-chip and chemical microreactors make mobile rapid tests possible and accelerate vaccine development. (ivam.de)
  • Some notable fundamental discoveries emerging from his research endeavours include: surface roughness-aided slippery flow, massively-amplified ionic-pumping in highly confined water, sticky-flow of water on nano-engineered hydrophobic interfaces, programmable manoeuvring of tiny droplets along arbitrary preferential directions, generating controlled microbubbles on portable spinning-disc, reversing thermally-driven spontaneous migration of nano-droplets - defying common scientific intuitions in all cases. (wikipedia.org)
  • The process is contamination-free, stable, compact and applicable for small and large liquid volumes. (ivam.de)
  • Dr. Holger Becker from microfluidic ChipShop explained that microfluidics plays a decisive role in currently sought-after molecular biological test methods such as PCR, antigen and antibody tests, and that it has the potential to offer important time advantages with regard to development speed. (ivam.de)
  • The Viking Xtreme Valve is a robust, versatile Inline valve that combines high performance with compact installation dimensions that is well suited for general to harsh industrial applications as well as mobile related applications. (allair.com)
  • Benchtop analyzers are the most common type, but compact bedside models, usually with fewer test options, and high-throughput floor-based units are also available. (locmedt.net)
  • If you are in the market for a compact sedan that offers great fuel economy, impressive power, seemingly endless goodies inside and a price comparable to any other car in the class - the Dodge Dart is definitely a vehicle that you should drive before removing it from your short list. (kroptrivsel.dk)
  • AOL blitzed people with copies of their interface software by direct mail , first via floppy disks , then compact disks (CDs). (tikalon.com)
  • Here we present retrieval of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by density-gradient medium based centrifugation for subsequent analysis of the leukocytes on an integrated microfluidic "Lab-on-a-Disc" cartridge. (ncsr.ie)
  • The centrifugal "lab-on-a-disc" concept has proven to have great potential for process integration of bioanalytical assays, in particular where ease-of-use, ruggedness, portability, fast turn-around time and cost efficiency are of paramount importance. (ncsr.ie)
  • He developed a portable spinning disc to perform a Complete-Blood-Count test with virtually no-resource. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Gyrolab™ system from Gyros Protein Technologies is one of the most widely-used high-throughput immunoassay platforms in pharma development, its compact disc (CD) microfluidic format allowing rapid assays to be carried out with very small sample volume requirements. (fleetbioprocessing.co.uk)
  • 20. Fabrication of plasmon length-based surface enhanced Raman scattering for multiplex detection on microfluidic device. (nih.gov)
  • Customers purchasing multiple kits may choose to save storage space by eliminating the kit packaging and receiving their multiplex assay components in plastic bags for more compact storage. (merckmillipore.com)
  • [ 30 ] Dams have also been incorporated into compact disc-shaped microfluidic devices for the trapping of particles, with centrifugal forces employed to pump the solutions over the particles by spinning the disc at high speeds. (medscape.com)
  • One obstacle in that endeavour was the need of precision pumps to drive the liquids through the channels and often also the usage of complex tubing, Lab-on-a-Disc circumvented the need of pumps by spinning the whole microfluidic chip and using the resulting centrifugal forces to drive the liquids. (soton.ac.uk)
  • 14. Sub-zeptomole Detection of Biomarker Proteins Using a Microfluidic Immunoarray with Nanostructured Sensors. (nih.gov)
  • The simple instrument -- with its ultra-small footprint -- can be integrated with other devices, including sensors, optoelectronics, microelectronics and microfluidic channels for use in biological, chemical, medical and pharmaceutical applications. (labwrench.com)
  • Compact testing instrument uses a multiplexed cartridge to detect the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 through isothermal amplification. (nih.gov)
  • and their suspension in droplets as part of a digital microfluidic platform. (medscape.com)
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-0366-1897 (2018) Automated DNA purification and Multiplexed lamp assay preparation On a centrifugal microfluidic "lab-on-a-disc" platform. (dcu.ie)
  • We have developed a platform that can study generic microfluidic setups with NMR. (soton.ac.uk)
  • The CellASIC™ ONIX Microfluidic Platform was specifically designed to provide the dynamic cellular microenvironment control that has been missing until now. (merckmillipore.com)
  • 19. On-line protein capture on magnetic beads for ultrasensitive microfluidic immunoassays of cancer biomarkers. (nih.gov)
  • Perhaps the simplest form of particle trapping is to incorporate barriers into the microfluidic chip design, thus forming a dam or weir with which to contain the functionalized particles. (medscape.com)
  • A new microspectrometer architecture that uses compact disc-shaped resonators could address the challenges of integrated lab-on-chip sensing systems that now require a large off-chip spectrometer to achieve high resolution. (labwrench.com)
  • We were able to achieve high resolution and wide bandwidth with a compact single-mode on-chip spectrometer through the use of an array of microdonut resonators, each with an outer radius of two microns. (labwrench.com)
  • Stellite 6 hardfacing as standard on disc and seat surfaces. (cornerstonecontrols.com)
  • Welbloc L200V gauge valves offered with circulating tie bar is designed to be used with flanged end high pressure gauges for working pressure up to 3000 psi (207 bar) with a stellite disc and an integral stellite seat feature. (puffer.com)
  • Microfluidic systems are usually planar in geometry as oppose to conventional NMR sample holders which are cylindrical in shape. (soton.ac.uk)
  • To study microfluidic systems with NMR, new setups tailored to specific needs are required. (soton.ac.uk)
  • This highly integrated "Lab-on-a-Disc" (LoaD) system first runs the sample over a stationary phase of silica beads, followed by ethanol (EtOH) wash and final elution of DNA. (dcu.ie)
  • Compact design drain valve used in areas where space is restricted or where height is an issue. (cornerstonecontrols.com)
  • This compact design with tie bar reduces installation space, provides greater rigidity and assures minimum temperature differential by allowing more direct flow between drum and gauge. (puffer.com)
  • PhotoSonus T series tunable laser seamlessly integrates in a compact housing a nanosecond optical parametric oscillator and Nd:YAG Q-switched laser. (ekspla.com)
  • The estimated properties of the membrane published by our group are used to develop a microfluidic sorter by modeling and simulation to separate REE absorbed C. necator from the unabsorbed native C. necator species using COMSOL Multiphysics commercial software package v5.5. (nsf.gov)
  • The Lab-on-a-Disc (LoaD) approach was conceived in the 1990s as a sub-class of the more generic µTAS (from MicroTotalAnalysingSystems). (soton.ac.uk)
  • Mesofluidic technology is more compact and offers more force and speed capacity than electromagnetic actuation in today's bionic arms. (nanowerk.com)