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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

A Point-of-Care Device for Molecular Diagnosis Based on CMOS SPAD Detectors with Integrated Microfluidics.

Joan Canals, Nil Franch, Oscar Alonso, Anna Vilà, Angel Diéguez

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. CMOS-EMBEDDED MICROFLUIDICS FOR CHANNEL-ADDRESSABLE PARALLEL READOUT OF SPAD FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME SENSORS.Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems · 2026
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  5. A compact microfluidic laser-induced fluorescence immunoassay system using avalanche photodiode for rapid detection of alpha-fetoprotein.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Joan CanalsElectronic and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. jcanals@el.ub.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5431-8554
Nil FranchElectronic and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. nfranch@el.ub.edu.
Oscar AlonsoElectronic and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. oalonso@el.ub.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9405-3645
Anna VilàElectronic and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. avila@el.ub.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3088-0590
Angel DiéguezElectronic and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. adieguez@el.ub.edu.

Funding

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 737089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the integration of techniques and technologies to develop a Point-of-Care for molecular diagnosis PoC-MD, based on a fluorescence lifetime measurement. Our PoC-MD is a low-cost, simple, fast, and easy-to-use general-purpose platform, aimed at carrying out fast diagnostics test through label detection of a variety of biomarkers. It is based on a 1-D array of 10 ultra-sensitive Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) detectors made in a 0.18 μm High-Voltage Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (HV-CMOS) technology. A custom microfluidic polydimethylsiloxane cartridge to insert the sample is straightforwardly positioned on top of the SPAD array without any alignment procedure with the SPAD array. Moreover, the proximity between the sample and the gate-operated SPAD sensor makes unnecessary any lens or optical filters to detect the fluorescence for long lifetime fluorescent dyes, such as quantum dots. Additionally, the use of a low-cost laser diode as pulsed excitation source and a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to implement the control and processing electronics, makes the device flexible and easy to adapt to the target label molecule by only changing the laser diode. Using this device, reliable and sensitive real-time proof-of-concept fluorescence lifetime measurement of quantum dot Qdot

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MicrofluidicsPhotonsPoint-of-Care TestingSemiconductorsEquipment DesignFluorescenceFluorescent DyesMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesOxidesFluorescent DyesOxidesCMOSfluorescence lifetimelaser diodelow-costmicrofluidicsmolecular diagnosispoint-of-caresingle-photon avalanche diode

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PMID30678225
PMCPMC6387092

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