Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of performing an acoustophoretic operation, comprising the steps of: a. providing an acoustophoretic chip comprising a polymer substrate in which a microfluidic flow channel is positioned, b. providing at least one ultrasound transducer in acoustic contact with one surface of the substrate, c. actuating the at least one ultrasound transducer at a frequency f that corresponds to an acoustic resonance peak of the substrate including the microfluidic flow channel filled with a liquid suspension,and d. providing the liquid suspension in the flow channel to perform the acoustophoretic operation on the liquid suspension.The invention further relates to an acoustophoretic device, a method of producing an acoustophoretic device, and a microfluidic system comprising the acoustophoretic device.
Abstract:
Fluidic multiwell bioreactors are provided as a microphysiological platform for in vitro investigation of multi-organ crosstalks with microbiome for an extended period of time of at least weeks and months. The platform has one or more improvements over existing bioreactors, including on-board pumping for pneumatically driven fluid flow, a redesigned spillway for self- leveling from source to sink, a non-contact built-in fluid level sensing device, precise control on fluid flow profile and partitioning, and facile reconfigurations such as daisy chaining and multilayer stacking. The platform supports the culture of multiple organs together with microbiome in a microphysiological, interacted systems, suitable for a wide range of biomedical applications including systemic toxicity studies and physiology- based pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic predictions. A process to fabricate the bioreactors is also provided.
Abstract:
Described here is a microfabricated particle sorting device that uses a transient pulse of fluidic pressure to deflect the target particle. The transient pulse may be generated by a microfabricated (MEMS) actuator, which pushes a volume of fluid into a channel, or sucks a volume of fluid from the channel. The transient pressure pulse may divert a target particle into a sort channel.
Abstract:
A device for injecting biological specimens includes (i) a top casing; (ii) a hopper disposed in the top casing; (iii) a bottom casing disposed below the top casing, the bottom casing defining a chamber and an outlet; (iv) a slidable carriage at least partially disposed within the chamber, the slidable carriage defining a cavity and a needle guide; and (v) a needle disposed within the needle guide. The cavity is configured, upon linear translation of the slidable carriage within the chamber toward the needle, to align with and receive a biological specimen from the hopper that is penetrated by the needle upon further linear translation of the slidable carriage toward the needle. The cavity is further configured to align with the outlet upon a reverse linear translation of the slidable carriage away from the needle after the biological specimen is penetrated.
Abstract:
Various methods and systems are provided for monitoring body fluid biomarkers with a wearable device. In one example, the wearable devices includes a sensor adapted to sense the body fluid biomarkers; a microfluidics module including a fluid collector adapted to collect fluid from a subject to which the wearable device is attached, a sensor volume in fluid communication with the sensor, and a wick adapted to wick collected fluid away from the sensor volume, the sensor volume arranged downstream of the fluid collector and upstream of the wick; and an electronics module electrically coupled with the sensor and including a wireless device adapted to wirelessly transfer sensor data received from the sensor.
Abstract:
A cartridge and an analysis system for testing an in particular biological sample are proposed, wherein the cartridge comprises a connection for a working medium and a planar seal in order to seal the connection while the working medium is being fed in.
Abstract:
An analysis device, a cartridge and a method for analysing an in particular biological sample are proposed, a rotatable pump head comprising contact elements that are resiliently biased in the axial direction acting on an elastically deformable pump chamber in order to pump or convey a fluid, such as the sample, a reagent or a gas, when the pump head rotates, in particular in a defined and/or efficient manner.
Abstract:
According to an example, a microfluidic device may include a transport channel having an inlet and an outlet and a plurality of pump loops extending along the transport channel. Each of the plurality of pump loops may include a first branch, a second branch, and a connecting section connecting the first branch and the second branch. The first branch may include a first opening and the second branch may include a second opening, in which the first opening and the second opening are in direct fluid communication with the transport channel. The pump loops may also each include an actuator positioned in the first branch, in which the actuators in the pump loops are to be activated to induce a traveling wave that is to transport the fluid through the transport channel from the inlet to the outlet.
Abstract:
An embodiment in accordance with the present invention is directed to a non-optical, label-free microfluidic biosensor utilizing an electrical liquid interface between two co-flowing liquids - one with a higher conductivity and one with a higher dielectric constant. The analyte-of-interest is in one solution while the receptor is in the adjacent stream. The electric interface acts as a substrate, when an alternating current electric field is applied perpendicularly across the interface, liquid displacement occurs which is frequency dependent. When a reaction occurs at the interface, it alters the electrical properties of the electrical interface, altering the frequency dependent liquid motion, which is then monitored by impedance spectroscopy downstream.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for preparing a substrate (105a) comprising a sample reception area (110) and a sensing area (111). The method comprises the steps of: 1) applying a sample on the sample reception area; 2) rotating the substrate around a predetermined axis; 3) during rotation, at least part of the liquid travels from the sample reception area to the sensing area due to capillary forces acting between the liquid and the substrate; and 4) removing the wave of particles and liquid formed at one end of the substrate. The sensing area is closer to the predetermined axis than the sample reception area. The sample comprises a liquid part and particles suspended therein.