[Research advances in clinical biochemical analysis systems based on microfluidic driving and control technique]

Microfluidic techniques have the features of high throughput, low consumption, as well as ease of miniaturization, integration, and automation, thus emerging as a feasible solution to cost-effective clinical biochemical analysis. Various clinical biochemical analysis systems based on the microfluidic technique, with different driving and control methods, are introduced in this article, in addition to commercially available microfluidic biochemical analysis instruments. The characteristics of these systems are comprehensively reviewed.