Oct 31, 2013 |
p-BNC, the programmable bio-nano-chip: Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE finalist
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(Nanowerk News) The McDevitt Research Group, a medical micro device group committed to improving the speed, accuracy and affordability of global disease diagnosis, announces the p-BNC, the Programmable Bio-Nano-Chip system. Currently under development, p-BNC is a credit card sized disposable device that is envisioned to work in conjunction with a toaster sized imaging platform that would analyze biomarkers found in bodily fluids and relay complex test results to consumers through an intuitive smart phone interface.
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The p-BNC Team Photo: From left to right: Michael McRae, Glennon Simmons, Ahmed Haque and John T. McDevitt.
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A 2013 Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE finalist, the programmable bio-nano-chip technology has the potential to change the practice of medicine by incorporating key advances in software, electronics and communication sectors. The p-BNC technology serves as the marriage of in-vitro diagnostics and electronics and is the result of a public-private partnership with CPRIT1; the Rice university based McDevitt Research Group, Mobisoft, a global leader in App development; Porex Corporation, the global leader in advanced porous materials and MiniFAB Corporation, a global leading contract engineering firm providing custom development and manufacture of disposable polymer micro-engineered products. Additionally, Dr. McDevitt’s research in cardiac heart disease and oral cancer is in part supported by grants from the NIH’s National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
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The in development p-BNC point of care analysis solution will use a common high performance image-based analyzer platform for all major types of diagnostics for the likes of acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, cardiac risk assessment, diabetes and chemical additions. The p-BNC lab card is currently being evaluated by six major clinical trials, the p-BNC system has the potential to diagnose in minutes what previously took labs, hours or days. The p-BNC synergizes components and achievements from nanotechnology, molecular diagnosis, microfluidics and microelectronics to create a new and powerful measurement tool in a small device footprint.
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About McDevitt Research Group
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The McDevitt Lab is a Houston-based medical micro device group committed to improving the speed, accuracy and affordability of disease diagnosis on a global basis. Leveraging strong foundations in nano-science and bioengineering, micro fabrication techniques, microfluidics, biosensors, clinical chemistry and artificial intelligence, the McDevitt laboratory, over the past 15 years has not only pioneered development of the p-BNC sensor platform, but also begun to use this powerful information gathering tool to gain molecular level insights into disease progression. These mini-detection ensembles with multiplexed and multi-class (cellular, genomic, proteomic) capabilities are now being customized for cancer diagnostics, cardiovascular disease, saliva-based diagnostics, infectious diseases, drugs of abuse detection, and cell imaging systems.
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