Abstract:
The invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising a flow path with a first and a second opposite solid flow path surfaces (1) and a liquid inlet for said flow path. In the microfluid device at least one solid side wall free section (2) of the flow path (1) is provided by the first and the second opposite solid flow path surfaces in at least said one solid side wall free section (2) and a pair of borderlines (3, 31) defines the edges of the side wall free section (2) of said flow path (1). The pair of borderlines is placed on the first surface of a first and a second opposite surfaces to define the flow path surfaces of said first and second opposite surfaces. The pair of borderlines (3, 31) is defined by an abrupt change of the first and/or the second surface, e.g. in the form of an abrupt change of surface tension and/or an abrupt change of distance between the first and second surfaces beyond and adjacent to the borderlines (3, 31). For example the borderlines (3, 31) may be arranged with a sharp edge with an angle between a flow path surface in the side wall free flow path section and the respective surfaces beyond and, adjacent to the borderlines which is less than 135 degrees, such as about 90 degrees. The flow path comprises an immobilized capture reagent (7) downstream from or in said solid side wall free flow path section (2), said immobilized capture reagent (7) preferably being immobilized onto at least one of said first and second opposite solid flow path surfaces.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a microfluidic detection system comprising a microfluidic cartridge and a detector assembly. The microfluidic cartridge comprises a first and a second side and at least one flow channel and an inlet to the flow channel(s) for feeding a liquid sample, the flow channel(s) comprises a plurality of first optical detection sites. The detector assembly comprises a slot for inserting the microfluidic cartridge and a first fixed light source with a beam path and an optical reader for reading out optical signals from at least one of said first optical detection site(s). The detector assembly and the microfluidic cartridge are constructed such that when said microfluidic cartridge is inserted to a first predetermined position into said slot, one of the first optical detection sites of the microfluidic cartridge is positioned in the beam path of the first light source, and when said cartridge is inserted to a second predetermined position into said slot, another one of the first optical detection sites of the microfluidic cartridge is positioned in the beam path of the first light source.
Abstract:
A microfluidic assay system including a microfluidic cartridge and an associated microfluidic operator system. The microfluidic cartridge comprises a base part, having a first face with a recess and a foil fixed to the base part for covering the recess and providing a microfluidic cartridge foil face. The base part with the recess and the foil forms a flow channel and a sink in fluid communication with each other. The microfluidic cartridge comprises an inlet opening into the flow channel upstream to the reaction section. The operator system includes a piston, a temperature regulating element and an actuator positioned such that the foil face of the microfluidic cartridge can be positioned in contact with the operative system with the reaction section in close proximity to the temperature regulating element while the actuator is associated to the sink section to depress the foil covering the sink section and the piston is associated to the flow channel at an upstream valve section to depress the foil to close off the flow channel upstream to the reaction section.
Abstract:
The invention comprises a system for collecting batches of food from food suppliers. The system comprises at least one movable collecting unit with an associated data receiver; a food parameter determining system for determining at least one batch parameter of a collected food batch; a database system for storing food supplier data comprising at least one food collecting address identification for each food supplier, food receiver data comprising at least one food delivering address identification for each of at least one food receiver station and reference data comprising threshold data for said at least one batch parameter or derived parameter correlated to said batch parameter. The system further comprises a server system coupled to said database system and being in data communication with said data receiver. The server system receives at least data from the database system and batch parameter data and calculates logistic plan(s) for the movable collecting unit(s).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising at least one test channel (2) comprising an upper test channel section (6) with an upstream end and a sampling region (4) at its upstream end and at least one reference channel (12) comprising an upper reference channel section (16) with an upstream end and a sampling region (4) at its upstream end. The test channel and the reference channel have a merging region (7) downstream to said upper test channel section and a common downstream channel section (8). The merging region (7) and the common downstream channel section (8) are arranged such that a reference liquid flowing from the upper reference channel section into the merging region will block a test liquid flow in the upper test channel section when said test liquid flow has not yet reached the merging section. The microfluid device may preferably be used for detecting change of flow properties e.g. due to agglomeration, agglutination rpr viscosity change in a liquid preferably selected from the group of water, urine, blood, and blood plasma.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a system for quantitative or qualitative determination of a target component in a liquid sample. The method comprises i) providing a plurality of magnetic particle comprising one or more capture sites for the target component on their respective surfaces; ii) providing a plurality of fluorophores configured to bind to the capture sites of the magnetic particles; iii) bringing the liquid sample into contact with the fluorophores and the magnetic particles in a flow channel of a micro fluidic device comprising a transparent window; and iv) at least temporally immobilizing the magnetic particles adjacent to the transparent window using a magnet, emitting exciting electromagnetic beam towards the immobilized magnetic particles, reading signals emitted from fluorophores captured by the immobilized magnetic particles and performing a quantitative or qualitative determination of the target component based on the read signal. The invention also relates to a suitable micro fluidic device for use in the method/system and a kit for preparing a liquid sample.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a microfluidic system comprising a microfluidic device having a first and a second opposite surfaces and an optical detector, the microfluidic device comprises a flow channel with a detection channel section having a length of at least about 1mm, the microfluidic device comprises at least one aperture section comprising at least a part of said detection channel section and a transparent window into said detection channel section, the optical detector is arranged to be in optical communication with said aperture section to determining at least one optical property of said aperture section as a function of time. The flow channel may have capillary dimensions and/or it may wholly or fully be arranged to drive a fluid flow by applying external forces. The optical detector may preferably be arranged to transmit light onto the aperture section and to detect a light transmission from the aperture section, wherein the light transmission from the aperture section being selected from light transmitted through the sample,reflectance scattering of light, transmittance scattering of light and any combinations thereof. The micro fluid device may be used to determine various properties of a sample fluid, for example it may be used to determine a samples coagulation properties and/or reactions of one or more components in a fluid sample as a function of time.