New sensing methods using commercially available products: Based on PGM and PTS.

Abstract

In recent years, detection technology has made remarkable progress in the field of food safety, in vitro diagnosis, and environment monitoring under the impetus of trace substances detection requirements. However, in sharp contrast to the rapid development of detection technology, its marketization process is relatively lagging behind. One possible approach is to integrate novel sensing strategies with mature commercial devices, such as personal glucose meters (PGMs) and pregnancy test strips (PTS) to speed up their marketization process. In this review, we systematically summarized design principle, evolution, and application progress for the integration of novel sensing strategies with commercial devices PGMs and PTS. Meanwhile, key factors and difficulties for the integration novel sensing strategies with commercial devices were emphasized. More importantly, the future of prospects and remaining challenges were discussed.