Full Description
This book provides a current view of the research and commercial landscape of diagnostics devices, particularly those that utilize microscale technologies, intended for both patient and laboratory use. Common diagnostic devices that are based on microfluidic principles include glucose sensors for diabetic patients and over-the-counter pregnancy tests. Other diagnostic devices are being developed to quickly test a patient for bacterial and viral infections, and other diseases. The chapters, written by experts from around the world, discuss how to fabricate, apply, and market microfluidic diagnostic chips - for lab and at-home use. Most importantly, the book also contains a discussion of topics relevant to the private sector, including patient-focused, market-oriented development of diagnostics devices.
Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
Contents
Preface
Series Editor
Editors
Contributors
Section I Microfluidic Devices for Diagnostics
1. Handheld Microfluidics for Point-of-Care
In Vitro Diagnostics
2. Body-Worn Microfluidic Sensors
3. Fabrication and Applications of Paper-Based Microfluidics
4. Printed Wax-Ink Valves for Multistep Assays in Paper
Analytical Devices
5. Mycofluidics: Miniaturization of Mycotoxin Analysis
6. Planar Differential Mobility Spectrometry for
Clinical Breath Diagnostics
Section II Applications in Disease Detection
7. Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Using
Microfluidic Systems
8. Microfluidics for Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Advances,
Scalability, and Challenges
Section III Practical Aspects of Developing
a Commercial Diagnostic Device
9. Starting with the End in Mind by Developing Diagnostics
around User Needs
10. Incorporating the Needs of Users into the Development of
Diagnostics for Global Health: A Framework and Two Case
Studies
Index
