Platform for Design and Prototyping of Micro Paper Based Devices

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying a computer readable program code having computer readable instructions that, when executed, causes a computer device having a design and prototyping platform to carry out a method of creating a design blueprint of a substrate-based microfluidic device, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the design and prototyping platform, at least one blueprint parameter and at least one constraint associated with a proposed substrate-based microfluidic device including a hydrophilic material and a pattern of hydrophobic material;
• determining, by the design and prototyping platform, an arrangement of a plurality of microfluidic device elements as candidates for implementation of the proposed substrate-based microfluidic device;
• and
• outputting a design blueprint of the proposed substrate-based microfluidic device.

A prototyping platform for creating a design blueprint of a microfluidic paper-based analytical device (micropad), comprising:

• a computer-aided design (CAD) tool configured to:
• receive at least one blueprint parameter and at least one constraint associated with a proposed micropad having a number of layers of a hydrophilic material and a pattern of a hydrophobic material thereon;
• and
• determine an arrangement of a plurality of microfluidic device elements as candidates for implementation of a proposed micropad;
• and to output a design blueprint of the proposed micropad.