Molecular diagnostics on smartphone

Tae Seok Seo

doi:10.1117/12.2659913

6 March 2023 Molecular diagnostics on smartphone

Tae Seok Seo

Proceedings Volume 12374, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XXI; 1237405 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2659913
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, point-of-care genetic testing (POCT) devices were used for on-time and on-site detection of the virus, which helped to prevent and control the spread of the pandemic. Smartphones, which are widely used electronic devices with many functions, have the potential to be used as a molecular diagnostic platform for universal healthcare monitoring. Several integrated diagnostics platforms for the real-time and end-point detection of COVID-19 were developed using the functions of smartphones, such as the operating system, power, sound, camera, data storage, and display. These platforms use the 5V output power of smartphones, which can be amplified to power a micro-capillary electrophoresis system or a thin-film heater, and the CMOS camera of smartphones can capture the color change during a colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification test and detect fluorescence signals. Smartphones can also be used with self-written web-based apps to enable automatic and remote pathogen analysis on POCT platforms. Our lab developed a handheld micro-capillary electrophoresis device for end-point detection of SARS-CoV-2, as well as an integrated smartphone-based genetic analyzer for the qualitative and quantitative colorimetric detection of foodborne pathogens with the help of a custom mobile app.

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Tae Seok Seo "Molecular diagnostics on smartphone", Proc. SPIE 12374, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XXI, 1237405 (6 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2659913

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