Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications, Second Edition provides updated coverage on the fundamentals of microfluidics, while also exploring a wide range of medical applications. Chapters review materials and methods, microfluidic actuation mechanisms, recent research on droplet microfluidics, applications in drug discovery and controlled-delivery, including micro needles, consider applications of microfluidic devices in cellular analysis and manipulation, tissue engineering and their role in developing tissue scaffolds, and cover the applications of microfluidic devices in diagnostic sensing, including genetic analysis, low-cost bioassays, viral detection, and radio chemical synthesis.

This book is an essential reference for medical device manufacturers, scientists and researchers concerned with microfluidics in the field of biomedical applications and life-science industries.

• Discusses the fundamentals of microfluidics or lab-on-a-chip (LOC) and explores a wide range of medical applications
• Considers materials and methods for microfabrication, microfluidic actuation mechanisms and digital microfluidic technologies
• Details applications of microfluidic devices in cellular analysis and manipulation, tissue engineering and its role in developing tissue scaffolds, and stem cell engineering

Part I Fundamentals of microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications 1. Materials and methods for the microfabrication of microfluidic biomedical devices 2. Surface coatings for microfluidic-based biomedical devices 3. Actuation mechanisms for microfluidic biomedical devices 4. Droplet Microfluidics for biomedical devices
Part II Applications of microfluidic devices for drug delivery and discovery 5. Controlled drug deliver using microfluidic devices 6. Microneedles for drug delivery and monitoring 7. Microfluidic devices for drug discovery and analysis
Part III Applications of microfluidic devices for cellar analysis and tissue engineering 8. Microfluidic devices for cell manipulation (review type) 9. Microfluidic devices for single cell trapping and automated micro-robotic injection (specific research topic) 10. Microfluidic devices for developing tissue scaffolds 11. Microfluidic devices for stem cell analysis 12. 3D printing and applications
Part IV Applications of microfluidic devices in diagnostic Sensing 13. Development of immunoassays for protein analysis 14. Integrated microfluidic systems for genetic analysis 15. Low-cost assays in paper-based microfluidic biomedical devices 16. Microfluidic devices for viral detection 17. Microfluidics for monitoring and imaging pancreatic islet and betal-cells for human transplant