Lab-On-a-Chip is a vital element in numerous laboratory functions with high-speed flow cytometry and cell sorting

 


A lab-on-a-chip is basically a mobile device that integrates one or more laboratory medical functions on a single tiny integrated circuit of just millimeters to several square centimeters in width to attain high-throughput and automated screening. The device can measure, image, and interpret test results in real-time and automatically store collected data for further analysis. A microchip can also act as a user interface for the clinical laboratory personnel. A lab-on-a-chip can be used in wide-ranging fields such as biotechnological, bio-medical, neurobiological, obstetrics/maternity, and vascular research.

The benefits of using a microfluidic lab-on-a-chip are several. It can conduct a variety of functions. For instance, it can measure the concentration of glucose in a blood sample very quickly. It can also perform other functions such as determining the contractility of capillaries in the human body and detecting changes in body temperature. This is due to the fact that microfluidics can deliver a much higher stream of information to the receiver than traditional benchtop or sputter-based systems can. Furthermore, the flow of fluid is regular and repeatable, which ensures that the collected data is of consistent quality and that no factors such as extraneous material, contamination, or breaks in the sensor can affect the results.

Moreover, the Lab-On-a Chip also enables the researcher to send their results directly to a computer. There are three types of communication between the microchip and the host computer: serial communications, USB, and infrared radiation. The serial communications are used to communicate between the probe and the analyzer. The USB and infrared radiation refer to communications that connect the probe to an external program such as a spreadsheet or a web browser. In most cases, the program running on the computer will convert the measured data into a form that can be read by the lab processes. Recently, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Sankt Augustin, Germany inaugurated its hands-on remote field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) lab.

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