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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
William C. Tang, Irvine, CA (US);
Yu-hsiang Hsu, Pasadena, CA (US);
William C. Tang, Irvine, CA (US);
Yu-Hsiang Hsu, Pasadena, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for identifying infection by the malaria parasite includes a microfluidic device having an inlet and an outlet and a diagnostic channel interposed between the inlet and the outlet. The diagnostic channel includes a contact surface and a sample pump configured to pump a RBC-containing sample into the inlet. The contact surface may be at least one of hydrophilic and roughened. Malaria infected RBCs (miRBCs) interact with the contact surface and become immobilized thereon whereas non-infected RBCs continue to flow downstream in the diagnostic channel.