Developing new standards to accelerate the use of microfluidic devices in medical and pharmaceutical applications

Microfluidics, concerned with fluid-handling in the nano-to-millilitre scale, is used in medical applications for on-the-spot diagnosis, including pregnancy, glucose, and pH tests. Although microfluidics is helping to boost innovation in medical diagnostics, until now drug development products on the market have not been traceable to reference standards and there is a lack of well-established metrology or calibration procedures. This is a huge obstacle for wider implementation of reliable microfluidics devices. ....