Several companies offer microscopes specifically designed for microfluidic applications and cell imaging. However, they are often price prohibitive and, in most cases, do not readily fit the specific requirements for a particular microfluidic application.
When you hear the word cancer, it conjures up sad feelings. Most patients think that if they have it, they have less chance to survive and it’s the start of a countdown to death. Most people only know of the most common treatments such as – chemotherapy, which uses drugs to kill cancer cells, radiation […]
I love farming, particularly growing fruit-bearing trees. It starts by planting seeds in a pot with soil. There are two types of seeds – monocots and dicots. I am really fascinated with the dicot type, also known as dicotyledons, for having two embryonic leaves. It is amazing to see the seed starting to grow with […]
Enabling Features for Biomanufacturing Applications Integrating microfluidics into biomanufacturing lines is a very exciting concept. Microfluidics has the ability to miniaturize manufacturing processes such as cell culture, classification, droplet generation, encapsulation, mixing, and more.
Microfluidics is a powerful tool on its own, but over the past years, the combination of microfluidics and Machine Learning (ML) has enabled microfluidic technologies to push into new areas and applications. Microfluidics is a fluid handling technique which takes place inside micro-channels or pathways using nano/microliter volumes. It has been used in many applications […]
More than a year into the pandemic, there have been over 120 million people infected by the COVID-19 virus globally and almost 3 million deaths. Over 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered1.
This blog explores medical device artificial intelligence (AI) with an overview of AI, medical applications and devices, the investment landscape, and medical device artificial intelligence regulatory implications. The term artificial intelligence (AI) has been over marketed and abused. For instance, a rice cooker with AI, a watch powered by AI, a restaurant ordering app with […]
Rapid technological advancement is often triggered by external events such as international conflicts, political pressure, economic downturn, competitions or disease. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the drive for technological advancement. Scientists, engineers and innovators have risen to the challenge by doing that which they do best – designing, building and prototyping. Here are my top […]
What makes smartphones as a medical device exciting as potential point of care platform? Smartphones are the most widely used portable devices in the world today. According to Statita, the number of current worldwide smartphone users is around 3.5 billion. This means that 45% of the world’s population owns a smartphone. It is predicted that […]
This blog offers eight tips to help successfully implement a POC diagnostic platform optical detection with a disposable microfluidic cartridge. With the changing healthcare ecosystem, demand for point-of-care (POC) testing kits is expanding globally. Medical technology companies are accelerating development or repurposing platforms to address the need for portable diagnostic tools at the point of […]
Developing a consumable for your point of care diagnostic solution? This blog highlights my top recommendations for translating point of care assays that are simple, low cost and easy to use.