Microfluidic point-of-care diagnostics for resource-poor environments

Tassaneewan Laksanasopin; Curtis D. Chin; Hannah Moore; Jennifer Wang; Yuk Kee Cheung; Samuel K. Sia

doi:10.1117/12.816592

11 May 2009 Microfluidic point-of-care diagnostics for resource-poor environments

Tassaneewan Laksanasopin, Curtis D. Chin, Hannah Moore, Jennifer Wang, Yuk Kee Cheung, Samuel K. Sia

Proceedings Volume 7318, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications; 73180E (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816592
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics have tremendous potential to improve human health in remote and resource-poor settings. However, the design criteria for diagnostic tests appropriate in settings with limited infrastructure are unique and challenging. Here we present a custom optical reader which quantifies silver absorbance from heterogeneous immunoassays. The reader is simple and low-cost and suited for POC diagnostics.

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Tassaneewan Laksanasopin, Curtis D. Chin, Hannah Moore, Jennifer Wang, Yuk Kee Cheung, and Samuel K. Sia "Microfluidic point-of-care diagnostics for resource-poor environments", Proc. SPIE 7318, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications, 73180E (11 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816592

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