Company News
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Handy-LC™ Makes Use of a Suite of Microfluidic Components for Portable Low Pressure Liquid Chromatography
SFC Fluidics, LLC, a microfluidic device development company, has created a portable low-pressure liquid chromatography system (LPLC). Branded ‘Handy-LC™, the device exemplifies the promise of total device miniaturization. Roughly the size of a small shoebox, Handy-LC can be used anywhere to conduct real-time separation of complex samples and is perfect for LPLC applications, such as affinity chromatography or size exclusion chromatography. Handy-LC is ideal for quality/activity assurance prior to vaccine or antibody administration in a resource-constrained environment, inline quality control during biomacromolecule production and for biopharmaceutical discovery and development. “Handy-LC will eliminate the need to stabilize samples and transport them to a laboratory for analysis/purification and will therefore increase efficiency and lower total costs in production and research environments,” said Dr. Sai Kumar, the company’s VP of R&D. “The small size and portability of this device means that it can be used when and where needed.”
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SFC Fluidics® Creates Portable Handy-LC™ Using Its “Rapid-Prototyping” Microfluidic Components
SFC Fluidics, LLC, a biomedical company with expertise in microfluidics, has created a readily portable low-pressure liquid chromatograph (LPLC). Branded ‘Handy-LC™’, the device exemplifies the promise of total device miniaturization. Roughly the size of a small shoebox, Handy-LC can be used anywhere to conduct real-time separation of complex samples. Requiring only microliter sample volumes, Handy-LC is ideal for sample pre-processing for point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics, for quality control during vaccine, antibody or protein manufacture, during pharmaceutical or therapeutic protein R&D, or for environmental analysis, for example. This product will be officially unveiled at Pittcon 2012, and additional product information will be highlighted in a press conference at 10 am on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 (Room 304 EF of the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL).
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SFC Fluidics Emerging as "Really Big Success Story"
Calvin Goforth told Arkansas Business back in February that SFC Fluidics, the Fayetteville biotech startup he leads, was "about to emerge with a really big success story."
Consider it well on its way. The Innovate Arkansas client firm makes point-of-care medical diagnostic instruments such as the ePump microfluidic pump and QuickConnect microfluidic connectors, and its products were released commercially this past spring at Pittcon, the industry's major trade show in Atlanta.
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SFC Fluidics®, LLC Receives Funding from the National Institutes of Health to Develop Instrument for the Study of Brain Injury
SFC Fluidics®, has been awarded a grant of $165,000 from the National Institutes of Health for development of a portable, self-contained instrument that will advance the understanding of changes in brain chemistry after injury. The instrument will be used to improve treatment strategies and minimize the long-term impact of severe brain injury.
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SFC Fluidics®, LLC Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Advance Commercialization of ePump®
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that it has awarded an additional $100,000 grant to Northwest Arkansas-based SFC Fluidics® to support continued refinement and commercialization of the company's ePump® technology. This grant builds upon previous NSF awards totaling $600,000 that the company has received from the NSF to support ePump® development.
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SFC Fluidics®, LLC Receives Support from the National Science Foundation to Advance Laboratory-on-a-Chip Technology
SFC Fluidics, LLC has received a $73,213 Phase IIB Small Business Technology Transfer award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue development of a chip-scale device for liquid chromatography. SFC Fluidics has received previous awards for this project from the NSF totaling $649,923.
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Medical Devices Innovator Joins SFC Fluidics® as Vice President of Research and Development
Dr. Sai Kumar has been named Vice President of Research and Development of SFC Fluidics, LLC. SFC Fluidics is developing leading-edge technological solutions that make clinical diagnostics faster and more economical by miniaturizing lab work and analytical procedures. These technologies center on microfluidic pumping systems and microfluidic applications, which move tiny amounts of fluid to measure chemical properties or deliver medicines.
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SFC Fluidics Working On Mobile Brain Injury Device
Awarded a $5 million federal contract in September, Fayetteville-based SFC Fluidics continues to work on the development of a handheld device that would make possible on-site diagnosis of traumatic brain injury within minutes of head trauma. Such a device surely would be welcomed not just on battlefields and ball fields, but emergency rooms, too.
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SFC Fluidics®, LLC Receives Funding from US Army for Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnostic Device
SFC Fluidics has received a contract for approximately $5 million from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for development of a handheld device for rapid diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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SFC Fluidics interview on KUAF
SFC Fluidics is featured in an interview with Bryan Rachal on National Public Radio (NPR) aired on local station, KUAF.
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Fayetteville Technology Company Receives $1.5 Million in Recent Grants for Technology Development
Fayetteville, Arkansas - The National Science Foundation has announced that it has awarded a $500,000 grant to Northwest Arkansas-based SFC Fluidics® to support development of the company's ePump® technology. This is the third $500,000 dollar grant the company has received from NSF this year.