Wentland Lael, Cook Jacob M, Minzlaff Jade, Ramsey Stephen A, Johnston Matthew L, Fu Elain
School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
J Appl Electrochem. 2023 Mar;53(3):523-534. doi: 10.1007/s10800-022-01785-9. Epub 2022 Nov 14.
Microfluidic devices are well suited for use in field applications, including for point-of-care (POC) diagnosis and therapy monitoring. Advantages of the use of microfluidics include small sample volumes, rapid sample to answer times, and disposable test cards combined with minimal portable instrumentation. A continuing challenge is detection from a complex sample, like saliva, which often requires extensive manual preprocessing to reduce background from interferents and for which analytes are often at lower concentrations than in blood. Further, coupling electrochemical detection to microfluidic devices has shown promise for multiple applications, but most often has been demonstrated with benchtop potentiostats rather than POC-compatible instrumentation. In the current report, we demonstrate a disposable microfluidic flow cell paired with a portable, miniature potentiostat for electrochemical measurement of the anticonvulsant drug carbamazepine in a background of human saliva. Specific highlights of the device include the small input volume of 12 μL of saliva, the absence of any manual preprocessing of the saliva sample, and carbamazepine quantification using an inexpensive polymeric laminate flow cell with stencil-printed electrodes and miniature potentiostat. With this system, accurate and robust quantification of carbamazepine drug level was achieved at therapeutically relevant concentrations of 2.5 μM to 15 μM carbamazepine in saliva. Further, functional dry storage of the microfluidic flow cells was demonstrated over 90 days.
微流控设备非常适合用于现场应用,包括即时护理(POC)诊断和治疗监测。使用微流控技术的优势包括样本体积小、样本到结果的时间短,以及一次性测试卡与最少的便携式仪器相结合。一个持续存在的挑战是从复杂样本(如唾液)中进行检测,这通常需要大量的手工预处理以减少干扰物的背景,并且唾液中的分析物浓度通常低于血液中的浓度。此外,将电化学检测与微流控设备相结合已在多种应用中显示出前景,但大多数情况下是在台式恒电位仪上进行演示,而非与POC兼容的仪器。在本报告中,我们展示了一种一次性微流控流通池,它与一台便携式微型恒电位仪配对,用于在人唾液背景下对抗惊厥药物卡马西平进行电化学测量。该设备的具体亮点包括仅需12μL唾液的小进样量、无需对唾液样本进行任何手工预处理,以及使用带有模板印刷电极的廉价聚合物层压流通池和微型恒电位仪对卡马西平进行定量。通过该系统,在唾液中卡马西平治疗相关浓度为2.5μM至15μM时,实现了对卡马西平药物水平的准确且可靠的定量。此外,还证明了微流控流通池在90天内的功能干燥储存。