Main 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 under a CC-BY 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781498772938_oachapter9.pdf

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