Research

COVID-19 Research

Title :

Development of a point-of-care fibre-optic biosensor (P-FAB) device for rapid detection of COVID-19

Area of research :

COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus area :

COVID-19 Diagnostics

Principal Investigator :

Dr Raghavendra Sai V, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

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Executive Summary :

This study aims to exploit the on-going device development efforts and scale up of probe fabrication and biofunctionalisation processes for technology demonstration of a PoC-FOB device for COVID-19 diagnosis. ChemBioSens Pvt Ltd., a spin-off start-up from the Biosensors Lab at IIT Madras will lead the efforts towards successful commercialisation of the technology.

Patents :

Filed patent

Outcome/Output:

Project developed a rapid point-of-care plasmonic fibre optic absorbance biosensor (P-FAB) strategy for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 N-protein in saliva or nasal/ oropharyngeal swabs.

Organizations involved