A microfluidic device for detection of an analyte in a fluid is described. The microfluidic device comprises a substrate having a first surface defining entrances to one or more chambers defined in the substrate, surfaces of the chambers defining a second surface of the substrate, the first surface being modified for selective targeting and capture of at least one analyte to operably effect a blocking of the entrance to at least one of the chambers, and wherein a response characteristic of the microfluidic device is operably varied by the blocking of the entrance to the at least one of the chambers, thereby providing an indication of the presence of the analyte within the fluid.

The dispensing unit includes a disc, a cartridge, and a dispensing holder. The disc has a disc shape and includes a track region provided with recesses and projections alternately arranged in a radial direction. The cartridge includes a penetration hole, and a well is formed by the penetration hole and the track region in a state in which the cartridge is attached to the disc. The dispensing holder includes a holding part to be inserted into the penetration hole, and a guide hole penetrating the holding part. The guide hole has a truncated cone shape in which a first opening diameter on the holding part side is smaller than a second opening diameter on a side opposite to the holding part, and a center line of the guide hole is located on a line passing through the center of the disc and the center of the well.

Proposed is a simple disease diagnosis tool including a base plate made of a material that is hydrophilic and spreads water sufficiently, and pattern display panels made of a material that is also hydrophilic and spreads water sufficiently and each adhered to one side surface of the base plate, wherein a reagent is applied to one side of the base plate, and wherein the pattern display panels include a plurality of disease test display portions each configured to have one end in contact with the reagent of the base plate or to be spaced apart from the reagent of the base plate by predetermined intervals, and diagnosis checking lines each marked to surround the outside of the disease test display portions while being spaced apart from the disease test display portions at predetermined intervals.

The present invention relates to a device for cultivating cells, in particular tissue, comprising a carrier plate unit which has a central axis of rotation, at least one access opening arranged proximally to the axis of rotation, at least one cultivation chamber arranged distally to the axis of rotation, and at least one channel connecting the access opening to the cultivation chamber, and also a method for cultivating cells in a device according to the invention and a method for producing the device according to the invention.

The present invention may provide a microfluidic device including a rotatable body; a first chamber positioned in a direction of an inner wall of the body; a second chamber positioned in a direction of an outer wall of the body from the first chamber; and a backflow prevention unit, and wherein a fluid is transferred from the first chamber to the second chamber, and wherein the backflow prevention unit prevents a backflow of the fluid from the second chamber to the first chamber.

A device and system for detecting aldehydes or ketones and, more particularly, a device and system, for detecting aldehydes or ketones, utilized in a rotating platform are provided.

A fluidic device for detecting a target molecule in a fluid sample comprising a blocking chamber in fluidic communication with a detection chamber forming a blocking-detection chamber pair, the blocking chamber provided with at least one reagent for binding a non-target molecule in the sample, the blocking chamber adapted to maintain at least a portion of the bound non-target molecule within the blocking chamber, the detection chamber comprising at least one reagent for binding a target-molecule such that the target-molecule may be detected. The device comprises a combination detection chamber adapted to receive at least one reagent for binding both target and non-target molecules such that the combination of target and non-target molecules may be detected by binding to a detector.

The present embodiments relate to a fluid control device using centrifugal force. The fluid control device using centrifugal force includes a fluid control portion comprising a plurality of chambers and controlling a movement of a fluid inside the chamber; a lower fixing portion positioned on a lower portion of the fluid control portion and fixing the plurality of chambers; an upper fixing portion positioned an on upper portion of the fluid control portion and fixing the plurality of chambers; and a fastening member penetrating and fastening the lower fixing portion, the fluid control portion, and the upper fixing portion, wherein the plurality of chambers are disposed to face each other and placed on the lower fixing portion.

A nucleic acid amplification in-situ real-time detection system and method using a micro-fluidic chip through optical fiber sensing. The system includes a white light source, a detection optical path, a microfluidic chip and a spectrum acquisition, processing and display module, which are connected in sequence. The detection optical path is configured to transmit white light from the white light source to the micro-fluidic chip and transmit an optical signal made by the microfluidic chip to the spectrum acquisition, processing and display module. The micro-fluidic chip is configured to carry out biochemical reaction; the spectrum acquisition, processing and display module is configured to acquire the optical signal, analyze the signal and generate a visual biochemical reaction real-time dynamic-change signal curve. This microfluidic chip real-time detection device detects nucleic acid amplification information by using a white light interfered hyperspectral method, so fluorescence-labeled analyte and non-fluorescence-labeled analyte are detected.

A modular cassette and method for separating a composite fluid into at least two component parts thereof during centrifugation is provided. The modular cassette includes a fluid inlet portion, at least one fluid separation portion, at least one media chamber in fluid communication with the fluid separation portion, a fluid collection portion, at least one fluidic channel configured to form a fluid communication between at least two components of the cassette, at least one wax valve including undulating flow channel portions configured to close at least one of the fluidic channels, and at least one heating element configured to actuate the at least one wax valve.