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 …

Robotic automation, microrobotics and robotic perception and recognition all advanced a few steps closer to their future applications during the recent NIST Tests.

Robotic automation, microrobotics and robotic perception and recognition all advanced a few steps closer to their future applications in manufacturing, health care and other areas during the …

Two former partners of 4M (Fraunhofer IZM, FEMTO-ST) have joined forces to develop a microfluidic platform for multiple samples with multiple analytes to run diagnostic analysis.

The project is funded by ANR and BMBF under the French-German Carnot-Fraunhofer industry-oriented research Programme.

The market for microfluidic diagnostic devices is expected to …

In the column on the right you will find useful information about the manufacturing of micro-fluidic devices.

Here you will find recent posts on the 4M Association which are considered to be of interest to the Micro-fluidics Interest Group.

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

More on the nanoKTN website.

“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 …

The aim of this meeting is to highlight current advances in biosensing and diagnostics being made possible by the application of micro and nanotechnology.

The programme includes presentations from leading academic researchers and industrial R&D and manufacturing organisations on the use of MEMS, microfluidics, cantilever biosensor arrays, printed microstructures …

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 …

This European Microfluidics Consortium brings together stakeholders in Microfluidics from UK and the rest of Europe to air their questions and learn about state-of-the-art, recent applications, market dynamics as well as key issues which are constraining growth and scale-up.

Find out more information on their webpage

The pan-European Consortium, organised …