In contrast, with a lab-on-a-chip system, all the laboratory preparation stages will be done on the chip itself, so that the user need only place a drop of blood directly onto the chip to obtain a result.
相對的，處理型晶片則將實驗室中的前處理步驟放到晶片上來做，使用者只要直接將血液滴到處理型晶片上，就可以得知結果。