Title
Detection of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Hormone using Digital Lateral Flow Immunoassay.
Abstract
The main goal of this work was to establish a hybrid device incorporating an electrochemical-based transducer on a conventional lateral flow assay strip in order to perform an on-chip fast testing method for the detection of various bio-analyses. In this context, the expected development of the digital lateral-flow immunoassay to be considered a reliable low-cost instrument improves the future of the very simple and flexible approach oflateral-flow assays. It is anticipated to achieve a digital quantitative lateral-flow immunoassay by exploring the electrochemical transducers alongwith recognition elements for digitization of commercially available rapid tests. As a preliminary step, the described technique will be validated using two standard electrochemical measurements (amperometric and impedimetric) across two electrodes fixed onto the surface of LFA strip. The LFA strips were prepared at the factory for pregnancy tests and modified by adding two parallel copper electrodes at the lab. These strips were proven by in-vitro experiments to be reusable lasting for 20-30 multiple days. Further on, the detection of hCG Ab-Ag interaction using these strips was performed. Two different types of measurements, namely amperometric and impedimetric, were used which yielded similar results to those reported in literature with screen-printed micro-electrodes. In addition, different concentrations of NaCl and hCG Ag solution were investigated. However, the expected linear concentration response was obtained. A promising proof-of-concept have been achieved through this study. Further studies are needed to complete the development of fully printed disposable electrochemical devices that are able to either display a digital result directly or transmit data to a mobile phone using RFID/NFC.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513355
EMBC
Field
DocType
Volume
Biomedical engineering,Transducer,Computer science,Amperometry,Electronic engineering,Immunoassay,STRIPS,Human chorionic gonadotropin,Multiple days,Biosensor,Electrode
Conference
2018
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eyad M. Hamad100.34
Ghadeer Hawamdeh200.34
Noor Abu Jarrad300.34
Omar Yasin400.34
Samer I. Al-Gharabli501.01
Raed Shadfan600.34