Serum Creatinine Detection in a Microfluidic Chip Using a Smartphone Camera

Abstract

We present a microfluidic chip platform to detect serum creatinine levels using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) principle. In the platform, surface modified microfluidic channel sensitively captured target molecules from the serum sample, and then ELISA protocol was applied inside the channels. Afterward, the blue color formed as a result of the enzymatic reaction was measured via a smartphone camera. The proposed strategy allows the detection of creatinine rapidly in a minute amount of the serum samples without the need for expensive equipment. Thus, chronic kidney disease (CKD) could be monitored easily at point-of-care settings via the proposed creatinine detection strategy. © 2022 MicroTAS 2022 - 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences. All rights reserved.