Figure 1. Point of service (POS) device, developed in our laboratory for salivary diagnostics, present at a patient’s hospital bedside.
The device is powered by a conventional AC adapter providing 12 VDC at 8.5 A (not shown), and the case is 15 cm (wide) × 15 cm (tall) × 25 cm (deep). The weight of the device is 2.7 kg. The concentrations of multiple protein biomarkers in the saliva sample are quantified via sandwich immunoassays conducted on a microfluidic chip present in the device.