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High Throughput Microfluidic Rapid and Low Cost Prototyping Packaging Methods

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Published on: December 23, 2013

Rapid development and optimization of paper microfluidic designs using software automation.

Joshua Potter¹, Philip Brisk¹, William H Grover²

¹Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.

Analytica Chimica Acta

|October 9, 2021

Summary

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This study introduces software that automates paper microfluidic device design, significantly speeding up the creation of diagnostic tools. This innovation accelerates the development of low-cost, easy-to-use medical diagnostics for wider accessibility.

Keywords:

Design automation Optimization Paper microfluidics

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidics
Diagnostics

Background:

Paper microfluidic devices offer low-cost, accessible medical diagnostics.
Device development is hindered by lengthy parameter optimization and testing.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a software framework for automated design of paper microfluidic devices.
To accelerate the creation of custom paper microfluidic devices for specific applications.

Main Methods:

A software framework was created to automatically generate paper microfluidic device designs.
Users specify desired device parameters, and the software outputs printable image files.
The software was used to design 51 devices for a urine protein and glucose lateral flow assay.

Main Results:

Automated design generation took only seconds.
The software-designed devices were used in 120 lab experiments over 16 hours.
A functional lateral flow assay was developed from idea to device in two work days.

Conclusions:

The software framework significantly accelerates paper microfluidic device development.
It enables researchers, even those without microfluidics expertise, to create custom devices.
This technology can expand the application of paper microfluidics in diagnostics and beyond.