Capillary-driven toner-based microfluidic devices for clinical diagnostics with colorimetric detection.
The fabrication of toner-based microfluidic devices to perform clinical diagnostics with capillary action and colorimetric detection is described in this report. Test zones and microfluidic channels were drawn in a graphic software package and laser printed on a polyester film. The printed layout and its mirror image were aligned with an intermediary cut-through polyester film and then thermally laminated together at 150 °C at 60 cm/min to obtain a channel with ca. 100-μm depth. Colorimetric assays for glucose, protein, and cholesterol were successfully performed using a desktop scanner. The limit of detection (LD) values found for protein, cholesterol, and glucose were 8, 0.2, and 0.3 mg/mL, respectively. The relative standard deviation (RSD) values for an interdevices comparison were 6%, 1%, and 3% for protein, cholesterol, and glucose, respectively. Bioassays were successfully performed on toner-based devices stored at different temperatures during five consecutive days without loss of activity.
Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, P.O. Box 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
Fabrício Ribeiro
FR
de Souza
Guilherme Liberato
GL
Alves
Wendell Karlos Tomazelli
WK
Coltro
D001681:Biological Assay; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003933:Diagnosis; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*