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Description
Microfluidic system is a small portable system that can complete sample pretreatment, separation, dilution, mixing, chemical reaction, detection, and product extraction. These systems can increase analysis speed and efficiency as well as reduce the consumption of samples or reagents. Moreover, the process of analysis can be completely automated, eliminating human interference, preventing pollution, and allowing for efficient repeating of experiments. The microfluidic chips used in laboratory medicine are representative of this technology. Microfluidic devices have been widely used in chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, and biomedical sciences. Microfluidic devices are considered mobile devices because a sample analysis can be performed entirely within the small, portable device. The reduced reagent use of microfluidics is also beneficial in areas with scarce resources or challenging terrain. Miniaturization and a low reagent consumption reduce the cost of each experiment, facilitating detection activities in underdeveloped areas.
The proposed talk will focus on several applications of microfluidic devices for point-of-care diagnostics and organ-on-chip applications demonstrating a substantial influence of microfluidic systems on the applications of POCTs in medical diagnosis and highlighting the last developments of Fraunhofer team.
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| Keywords | point-of-care diagnostics, Microfluidic devices, organ-on-chip |
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