Table 2.
List of microfluidic-based diagnostic companies.
| Infectious diseases | Technology | Technical features | Name of device | Company | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious diseases | Primer or antibody | Integrated platform, small sample volume, 1 h test time | PanNAT® | Micronics | micronics.net |
| Infectious diseases | Antibody | Disposable, compact, small sample volume, 10 min test time | N.A. | OPKO diagnostics | opko.com |
| Infectious diseases | Antibody | Piezofilm technology, 10 min test time, | N.A. | Vivacta (part of Novartis) | novartis.com |
| Infectious diseases | Antibody | Self-contained waste reservoir, small sample volume, multiplexed detection | Asklepios | Genefluidics | genefluididcs.com |
| Infectious diseases | Primer | Lab in a tube platform, 30 min test time | Liat™ | IQumm (part of Roche) | roche.com |
| HIV/AIDS | Antibody | Differentiate between HIV 1 and 2, 100% sensitivity, 99.75% specificity, 15 min test time | Alere Determine™ | Alere | alere.com |
| HIV/AIDS | Primer or antibody | Electrowetting, digital microfluidics, | N.A. | Advanced Liquid Logic (part of Illumina) | liquid-logic.com |
| Sepsis, HIV/AIDS | Antibody | Disposable, integrated platform with positive and negative controls, | Spinit® CRP/BC | Biosurfit | biosurfit.com |
| HIV/AIDS | Electrical impedance | Count cells by analyzing intracellular content electrically, | CD4 system | Daktari Diagnostics | daktaridx.com |
| HIV/AIDS | Primer | CD4 + cells monitoring, compact, quantum dot detection | N.A. | LabNow | labnow.com |
| HIV/AIDS, sepsis | Antibody | CD4 + counting, CD64 sepsis marker monitoring, small sample volume | Accellix | LeukoDx | leukodx.com |
| Tuberculosis | Antibody | Low cost, low power fluorescence, | LightDeck® | Mbio Diagnostics | mbiodx.com |
| Tuberculosis | Primer | Can detect drug resistance, compact time, 3 h detection time, detect multiple gene targets, disposable | VereMTB | Veredus Laboratories | veredus.com |
| Tuberculosis | Primer | Detect for DNA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its drug resistance, 91% sensitivity, 94% specificity, | GeneXpert MTB/RIF | Cepheid | cepheid.com |
| Sepsis | Primer | Integrated PCR platform, detect multiple bacteria strains | Jaguar™ | HandyLab (part of BD) | bd.com |
Information was obtained from the website of the various companies. There may be further developments since the time of sourcing these information and readers are encouraged to refer to the original websites of the companies to learn about the various technologies.
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