A Californian based company has produced the world’s first disposable photonic lab-on-a-chip solution for next-generation water and food analysis, chemical and biological agent detection, and point-of-care diagnostics.

The PhotonicLab Platform from Bioident Technology Inc. enables rapid in-vitro diagnostics, chemical and biological threat detection, and environmental testing without the need for off-site lab analysis.

This offers greater mobility and sensitivity compared to existing biological and chemical assays and delivers a cost-effective disposable lab-on-a-chip solution by eliminating the need for complex and expensive readout systems.

To produce the device Bioident utilized the latest breakthroughs in nanotechnology and leveraged its own existing PhotonicLab Platform – a process which uses organic semiconductor based technology to print light emitting and detecting capabilities directly on to any surface - including glass - enabling on-chip analysis and diagnostics producing real-time results.

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