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Laser Machined Plastic Laminates: Towards Portable Diagnostic Devices for Use in Low Resource Environments
Author(s) -
Harper Jason C.,
Carson Bryan D.,
Bachand George D.,
Arndt William D.,
Finley Melissa R.,
Brinker C. Jeffrey,
Edwards Thayne L.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.201500359
Subject(s) - computer science , resource (disambiguation) , nanotechnology , limited resources , variety (cybernetics) , materials science , risk analysis (engineering) , business , artificial intelligence , computer network
Despite significant progress in development of bioanalytical devices cost, complexity, access to reagents and lack of infrastructure have prevented use of these technologies in resource‐limited regions. To provide a sustainable tool in the global effort to combat infectious diseases the diagnostic device must be low cost, simple to operate and read, robust, and have sensitivity and specificity comparable to laboratory analysis. In this mini‐review we describe recent work using laser machined plastic laminates to produce diagnostic devices that are capable of a wide variety of bioanalytical measurements and show great promise towards future use in low‐resource environments.