A four-year, National Institutes of Health-funded study of 146 patients with flu-like symptoms spearheaded by Associate Professor Catherine Klapperich (BME, MSE) at Boston University has validated a prototype rapid, low-cost, accurate, point-of-care device that promises a better standard of care.

Once optimized and deployed in the clinic, the new device …

A micro electro-osmotic pump connector enables precise and extremely smooth flow rates in an integrated system.

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“Tools for tissue engineering” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, Munich branch.

The use of microfluidic tools for applications in tissue engineering is a key technology. Within that field, there are various applications like cell analysis systems for bioavailability or toxicity, quick cell sorters, cell release tools …

A Special Issue of JMEP entitled “Microactuators for Fluidic Applications” is being prepared. It intends to give a comprehensive overview of the current status in respect to cutting-edge concepts and prototypes in this field.

Authors are encouraged to submit primarily research papers with a length of at least 6 pages …

Dolomite, a world leader in microfluidic design and manufacture, has introduced the 1ml Microreactor Chip, a glass microfluidic device designed for the mixing and reacting of two or three liquid reagent streams.

Ideal for solution phase chemistry, including compound synthesis and reaction kinetics studies, this chip enables rapid mixing across …

A combination of waveguides and microfluidics is easily achieved through femtosecond-laser micromachining.

An article posted on the SPIE website describes how and suggests this is a promising technique for fabricating optofluidic devices.

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Femtosecond laser ablation is applied to change the surface structure of metals, such that it lifts liquid by capillary action at a speed that would make nature envious.

This article posted on the Azonano website describes how this was done and some possible applications.