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Lab-on-chip based on Rayleigh surface acoustic waves (R-SAW) for molecular/oncological analysis point-of-care

By Istituto Nanoscienze

The patent proposal is a nanostructured LoC based on Rayleigh surface acoustic waves (R-SAW) with an electric read-out. R-SAW represents currently the sole technology allowing both the manipulation of biological samples (e.g., mixing, displacement, heating, separation and cell lysis) and the analysis on the same substrate. Application number: IT 102019000000418 YEAR: 2019 APPLICATIONS Replication of an entire laboratory analysis process on a small (mm2-cm2) chip, increasing the efficiency of the process by using a smaller volume of reagents while maintaining a high sensitivity. INVENTORS - Marco CECCHINI - Matteo AGOSTINI PATENT OWNERSHIP - National Research Council (Italy) (50%) - Scuola Normale Superiore (Italy) (50%)

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