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Microfluidics-Enabled Diagnostic Systems: Markets, Challenges, and Examples

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1547))

Abstract

Microfluidics has become an important tool for the commercial product development in diagnostics. This article will focus on current technical demands during the development process such as material and integration challenges. Furthermore, we present data on the diagnostics market as well as examples of microfluidics-enabled systems currently under commercial development or already on the market.

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Acknowledgments

Part of the work was carried out within the frame of the EU-FP7 project ROUTINE, contract no. 304941 (www.routinefp7.eu). We thank Nicolas Demierre, Keith Page, Jeroen Nieuwenhuis, Stephen Floe, and Klaus Schindlbeck for providing the images for Subheading3.

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Becker, H., Gärtner, C. (2017). Microfluidics-Enabled Diagnostic Systems: Markets, Challenges, and Examples. In: Taly, V., Viovy, JL., Descroix, S. (eds) Microchip Diagnostics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1547. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6734-6_1

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