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Allan Guan1, Yi Wang2, K Scott Phillips2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University, 800 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA. zhenyu@gwu.edu.
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Abstract:
We present a novel, microfluidic platform that integrates human tears (1 μL) with commercial contact lens materials to provide personalized assessment of lens care solution performance. This device enabled the detection of significant differences in cleaning and disinfection outcomes between subjects and between biofilms vs. planktonic bacteria.

