Sirris and MEDVIA are working together on Medical Diagnostics Goes Micro and Smart, a Vlaio-funded research-to-industry tech transfer project. Sirris has produced a series of articles on microfluidics to help industry better understand what it can provide to them.
ARTICLE 5 of 7
Earlier in this ongoing series of articles on microfluidics in industry, we discussed various development steps for a lab-on-a-chip system. In the project ‘Medical Diagnostics Goes Micro and Smart’ we show how this development process works in practice by means of a demonstrator. On June 24, 2024, we will present the results of the project to the Belgian industry and welcome all stakeholders from the microfluidics value chain in Belgium for an extensive presentation with a demo, a tour and presentations.
Demonstrator
The diagnostic process to be miniaturized for the demonstrator was determined at the start of the project by the members of the user group. Generic steps, such as accurate measuring of reagents, mixing, incubation, PCR and optical detection of target molecules, were included in the demo process.
A chip was then designed in combination with a conditioning device that can carry out these various process steps.
The chip was manufactured using some of the prototype techniques presented so that the functioning of the design could be tested early in the design phase, but always taking into account the final production technique, which is injection molding in polymer.
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Article 1: Microfluidics – how an entire lab process fits on a bank card
https://www.sirris.be/en/inspiration/microfluidics-how-entire-lab-process-fits-bank-card
Article 2: Microfluidic chip design
https://www.sirris.be/en/inspiration/microfluidic-chip-design
Article 3: Manufacturing and prototyping techniques for polymer-based microfluidic chips
https://www.sirris.be/en/inspiration/manufacturing-and-prototyping-techniques-polymer-based-microfluidic-chips-brief
Article 4: Computer vision used for detection of fluid front in microfluidic chip
https://www.sirris.be/en/inspiration/computer-vision-used-detection-fluid-front-microfluidic-chip-part-4
Article 6: Lab-on-a-chip detection techniques
https://www.sirris.be/en/inspiration/lab-chip-detection-techniques-part-6
Article 7: Temperature control in miniaturised devices for fast medical diagnostics
https://www.sirris.be/en/inspiration/temperature-control-miniaturised-devices-fast-medical-diagnostics-part-7
