Snap-fit flow cell assemblies use gaskets and laminated channels to cut part counts while keeping sequencing cartridges interchangeable.
A hydrophobic venting membrane lets dry reagents rehydrate at ambient temperature by releasing trapped gas while blocking liquid leakage.
Controlled cavities and channels meter sample, antibodies, and reagents in one sealed analyzer disc to improve accuracy and reduce contamination.
Tracks the gas-liquid interface in an actuation channel to measure and control microfluidic membrane displacement without instrumented membranes.
Periodic electroporation in a multilayer microfluidic chip extracts intracellular contents without lysis, enabling repeated live-cell analysis.
An elastic membrane stores pneumatic energy to recirculate the full sample on a centrifugal microfluidic disc, improving mixing and repeated detection.
Diffuse rear-to-front illumination through the cartridge case reduces impurity reflections and improves color detection accuracy.
Serialized wet and dry reagent cells let one mechanism run multiple test sequences in a modular cartridge with lower manufacturing risk and easier replacement.
A miscible liquid seal protects sensor surfaces and channel openings from oil residue while preserving droplet stability in digital microfluidics.
Integrated wells, automated tip movement, and in-cartridge fluorescence sensing cut assay time and avoid specimen deformation during handling.
An arch-bridge test strip controls liquid flow and chromatography speed to improve accuracy and precision with very small samples.
A sloped swab chamber and translating sleeve reduce wall deposition, improve sample transfer, and cut lysis buffer volume.
Controlled shear stress in cross-junction and squeezing microfluidics boosts intracellular payload loading while preserving cell viability.
Hydrophobic plugs and magnetic nanobead transport separate lysis, cleaning, and reaction zones without heating, reducing interference and errors.
A cavity area, sieve structure, shield electrode, and X-shaped channel keep impurities out, reduce clogging, and improve droplet sorting accuracy.
Lithographic hydrophobic-hydrophilic patterning preserves micrometer-scale wettability control for scalable high-throughput multiple emulsion generation.
Hydrophobic-hydrophilic flow-trap arrays capture silica microbeads for sensitive biomarker counting with less optical interference and low sample volume.
Adjustable microfluidic traps pair different-sized cells under unidirectional flow for real-time interaction analysis and viable cell release.
Capillary grooves guide aqueous sample flow in polypropylene test chambers, preventing droplet loss and preserving assay volume and reagent consistency.
Magnetic capture and optical bead counting improve antigen quantification by avoiding irregular capillary flow and fluorescent label errors.
Magnetic particles and countable beads replace fluorescence to improve low-level antigen quantification with more uniform capture and optical counting.
Eccentric microchannels create vortex mixing in reaction wells, improving assay sensitivity and accuracy without external mixers.
Parallel tapered channels create secondary flow and vortexes to separate blood particles by size at high flow without electric, magnetic, or acoustic forces.
A 2D electrophoresis sieving array separates EV subpopulations quickly, improving purity while avoiding long processing and shear damage.
Nonlinear strip geometries and AI signal reading improve LFIA sensitivity, quantification, and ease of use for point-of-need testing.
A slit-based gas jet clears excess particulates from a vacuum-filled dosing chamber, improving dose repeatability without scraper contamination.
RFID in the centrifuge container stores and updates cycle history across different machines to prevent overuse and improve operating safety.
Ion-exchange resin layers remove PCR inhibitors during flow-through nucleic acid isolation, avoiding centrifuges while preserving yield and PCR efficiency.
Parallel stacked microfluidic chips raise sample throughput while preserving recovery through concatenated channels and deterministic lateral displacement sorting.
Controlled fluid flow and branch paths separate micro- and nanoparticles by size with high precision while minimizing particle damage.
A reorientation flow cell images suspended cells and spheroids from multiple angles, improving 3D image quality without dedicated vessels.
Multiplex microfluidic channels use funnels, rectifiers, and shared collection to produce consistent, precisely sized droplets at high throughput.
Replacing specialized fluorescence equipment, aptamer beacons use a smartphone camera and flash for portable pathogen detection by untrained users.
Independent reaction slots and segmented nitrocellulose test lines support quantitative multiplex allergen-IgE testing while reducing cross-reactivity.
Gas displacement and dual pressure sensing calibrate liquid handling volumes without liquid weighing, simplifying frequent ISO 8655 checks.
Dead-volume residue and manual transfer are addressed by an integrated tray, stepper-motor fluid drive, valve control, and precise reagent release.
Lateral locking suspends sample carriers above a microscope stage, preserving edge-well capacity and unobstructed observation.
A vent hole creates an airlock and releases a metered specimen volume to test strips, improving consistency in fluid assays.
A fluid-fluid interface stabilizes sensor reference voltage while separate reagent paths reduce mixing and electrical interference in parallel reactions.
Negative-pressure suction concentrates samples on a nitrocellulose membrane, enabling sensitive multi-sample dot immunoblotting with less cross-contamination.