Combined impedance and dielectrophoresis portable device for point-of-care analysis

B. del Moral Zamora; J. Colomer-Farrarons; M. Mir-Llorente; A. Homs-Corbera; P. Miribel-Català; J. Samitier-Martí

doi:10.1117/12.886849

3 May 2011 Combined impedance and dielectrophoresis portable device for point-of-care analysis

B. del Moral Zamora, J. Colomer-Farrarons, M. Mir-Llorente, A. Homs-Corbera, P. Miribel-Català, J. Samitier-Martí

Proceedings Volume 8068, Bioelectronics, Biomedical, and Bioinspired Systems V; and Nanotechnology V; 80680T (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886849
Event: SPIE Microtechnologies, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

In the 90s, efforts arise in the scientific world to automate and integrate one or several laboratory applications in tinny devices by using microfluidic principles and fabrication technologies used mainly in the microelectronics field. It showed to be a valid method to obtain better reactions efficiency, shorter analysis times, and lower reagents consumption over existing analytical techniques. Traditionally, these fluidic microsystems able to realize laboratory essays are known as Lab-On-a-Chip (LOC) devices. The capability to transport cells, bacteria or biomolecules in an aqueous medium has significant potential for these microdevices, also known as micro-Total-Analysis Systems (uTAS) when their application is of analytical nature. In particular, the technique of dielectrophoresis (DEP) opened the possibility to manipulate, actuate or transport such biological particles being of great potential in medical diagnostics, environmental control or food processing. This technique consists on applying amplitude and frequency controlled AC signal to a given microsystem in order to manipulate or sort cells. Furthermore, the combination of this technique with electrical impedance measurements, at a single or multiple frequencies, is of great importance to achieve novel reliable diagnostic devices. This is because the sorting and manipulating mechanism can be easily combined with a fully characterizing method able to discriminate cells. The paper is focused in the electronics design of the quadrature DEP generator and the four-electrode impedance measurement modules. These together with the lab-on-a-chip device define a full conception of an envisaged Point-of-Care (POC) device.

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B. del Moral Zamora, J. Colomer-Farrarons, M. Mir-Llorente, A. Homs-Corbera, P. Miribel-Català, and J. Samitier-Martí "Combined impedance and dielectrophoresis portable device for point-of-care analysis", Proc. SPIE 8068, Bioelectronics, Biomedical, and Bioinspired Systems V; and Nanotechnology V, 80680T (3 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886849

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