US patent for miniature diagnostics technology:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The University of Washington has received a US patent covering a chemical component separation technology, which could lead to the development of small, portable, easy-to-use medical diagnostic devices capable of performing a wide variety of tests using less than a drop of blood. The H-Filters technique can be used as part of microfluid integrated circuits to separate small soluble components from larger particles. The new method, which could replace the cumbersome and time-consuming centrifugation steps needed for most blood tests, is being commercialised under an exclusive license by Micronics, the Redmond, Washington-based developer of microfluid technologies.