Smart Paper Test Strips for POC Detection of Insulin, and Beyond | Research Capability & Technology Portfolio

Smart paper test strips that can accurately detect insulin in saliva at the point-of-care, offering a replacement for the current ELISA test.

Competitive advantage

This paper-based technology can accurately detect insulin to provide point-of-care monitoring for patients with pre-diabetes or diabetes.Advantages include:

Saliva detection – the technology is non-invasive
Rapid response times of less than 10 min
Accurate – comparable to the standard ELISA test
Highly sensitive (0.03 ng/mL insulin sensitivity, 1 order more sensitive than ELISA)
Cost-effective (less than $1 per test strip)
Stable at room temperature
Point-of-care disposable strips
Simple to use with an optical signal readable by eyes, or smart phone
Smart paper strip has universal applications for early detection of chronic disease biomarkers
Suitable for resource limited settings

Impact

Simple detection of insulin in saliva
Improved ability to prevent and manage pre-diabetes or diabetes
Smartphone-based signal readout will improve data collection and management of health data, enhancing capabilities to use big data for machine learning and Artificial Intelligence

Successful outcomes

Provisional patent filed (2018904363)
Start-up in development

Capabilities and facilities

Dedicated facilities for making pape