The method (100) provides a hyaluronic-acid binding based technique to separate functionally competent and mature sperm. The method (100) for extracting viable sperms from a semen sample comprises incubating functionalized HA with functionalized paramagnetic beads to obtain a plurality of HA coated paramagnetic bead...

The invention provides a silk-based diagnostic composition made by the method of the invention, and a diagnostic device that comprises the silk-based diagnostic composition. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of making a diagnostic device. The method includes providing at least one strand of a diagno...

In one aspect, the invention provides a method for making a hydrophilic-silk composition. The method includes providing at least one strand of silk fiber, treating the silk fiber with an alkaline solution to provide at least one strand of degummed silk fiber, and treating the degummed silk fiber with a treatment sol...

The invention provides a composition for lateral flow assay device that comprises at least one fabric strand coated with a conducting material and a diagnostic material. The invention also provides a lateral flow assay device having a proximal end  a distal end and a testing zone intermediate between proximal end an...

LOW-COST DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES ABSTRACT [0044] The invention provides a diagnostic device comprising: a hydrophobic matrix; a hydrophilic matrix comprising: a sample inlet zone, a flow zone, a testing zone, and a sample absorption zone; wherein the hydrophilic matrix is contained within the hydrophobic matrix, and w...

[0078] The invention relates to a diagnostic gel composition for use as a diagnostic element in diagnostic devices. The diagnostic gel composition is derived from a compound having a formula D-Sp-Po wherein D is a diagnostic group; Sp is a hydrophilic spacer group; and Po is a polymerizable group. The diagnostic gel...

DIAGNOSTIC ELEMENT  AND A DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE COMPRISING A DIAGNOSTIC ELEMENT ABSTRACT The invention relates to a diagnostic element. The diagnostic element comprises an inlet passage  a holding port and an outlet passage. The holding port is capable of encapsulating a diagnostic gel. The invention also relates to a...

The invention relates to a method for making a diagnostic element. The method comprises providing a shaped channel comprising at least one holding port and an inlet passage and outlet passage on either side of the holding port; flowing in a diagnostic gel into the inlet passage of the shaped channel; and encapsulati...

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