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Accessibility: The device is handheld allowing for more accessibility  which could expedite care (Patil et al., 2018).

Test time: Results are quantified within 2 minutes of applying samples to the device (Patil et al., 2018).

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Science Fiction Inspired Handheld Diagnostic Device. (2018, September 28). https://www.medgadget.com/2018/09/science-fiction-inspired-handheld-diagnostic-device.html.

Patil, S. B., Dheeman, D. S., Al-Rawhani, M. A., Velugotla, S., Nagy, B., Cheah, B. C., ...Cumming, D. R. (2018). An integrated portable system for single chip simultaneous measurement of multiple disease associated metabolites. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 122, 88-94. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956566318306870

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On my team I would want the following people:

Andrew - He will assist by influencing people and making things happen by turning thoughts into action.

Angelica - She will provide the strategic thinking for the project. Her focus on reasons and causes may help to improve the product.

Fernando - He will provide the focus needed to stay on topic. He can prioritize what we want to product to do and stay on track to achieve the end result.

Ivy - She will help us to building relationships within our team. Her ability to identify the unique qualities of each individual will help us to be productive. She can also help us to identify the unique quality of our product.

Matthew - He will assist with influencing the team by helping us to focus on our strengths.

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This handheld device rapidly detects multiple metabolites on a single chip in a fingertip-sized sensor ("Science Fiction Inspired Handheld Diagnostic Device"). It only requires a drop of body fluid (either blood or urine) and results are displayed on an program that is interfaced with an individuals smartphone ("Science Fiction Inspired Handheld Diagnostic Device"). Each of these metabolites (choline, xanthine, sarcosine, cholestrol) are implicated in one or more critical disease states (Patil et al., 2018). This device provides results in 2 minutes or less allowing for expedited therapeutic management which results in improved outcomes for myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, acute renal failure, and prostate cancer (Patil et al., 2018).

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Accessibility:  Patil et al. (2018) states the device can only be linked to Android- based user interface and not every practitioner utilizes that interface.

Cost: The cost of the device or the cartridges are not mention however it claims to be a low cost alternative (Science Fiction Inspired Handheld Diagnostic Device"). It also does not mention the cost to the patient and if the is reimbursed by insurances.

Validity:  Results are only mentioned in comparison to other single chip POC systems (Patil et al., 2018). It does not mention the comparisons to actual lab results.

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In my opinion this device could be a very beneficial in a practitioner's office or for use in bedridden patient's by home health companies. Knowing these lab results quickly could help to expedite care and prevent further damage to vital organs such as heart attack or stroke. It may also facilitate early treatment of prostate cancer. Early detection of cancer can help increase the probability of remission and prevent metastasis. In healthcare prevention is key.

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Medgadget: An independent publication established in 2004 by a group of MD's and biomed engineer that report on technology breakthroughs and discoveries from around the world.  Published September 28, 2018

Biosensor and Bioelectronics: An Elsevier Journal. Published in 2018.

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A team of researchers at Glasgow University, UK have developed a portable rapid diagnostic device that could be used to detect a number of conditions, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. Inspired by the famous Star Trek medical tricorder, the research team behind the innovation set out to create a "multicorder" device.

The handheld diagnostic device consists of a fingertip-sized sensor that interfaces with a user's smartphone. The system uses a low-cost complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip to quantify the level of metabolites in the prepared liquid sample placed upon it. Metabolites are small molecules that act as biomarkers for disease, with perturbations from normal levels indicating a risk of conditions as varied as schizophrenia and diabetes.

Currently metabolites are measured in a laboratory with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS) systems that are both slow and expensive. The design of the team's device requires only a drop of prepared body fluid, such as urine or blood serum, and it produces a result in under two minutes. The ease and speed of taking the reading then allows for both rapid diagnosis of disease and long-term monitoring of conditions.

The results of early tests of the device focused on four metabolite biomarkers (choline, xanthine, cholesterol and sarcosine), all of which are associated with heart attack, kidney failure, and prostate cancer risk. The readings made by the device were validated against standard tests for glucose and cholesterol in UK's National Health Service (NHS) labs and found to be in good agreement.

The compact size and rapid, autonomous measurement capability of the device make it an ideal system to widen access to metabolic testing-in both a patient's home and laboratories in low-income countries.

"This new handheld device offers democratisation of metabolomics, which is otherwise confined within the laboratory, and offers low cost alternative to study complex pathways in different diseases," said Mike Barrett, co-investigator at Glasgow University.

The device's inventors plan to further develop the chip to be capable of directly measuring samples without the need for preparation and to dramatically scale-up the number of metabolites measured in each sample.

The research group's paper in the journal of Biosensors and Bioelectronics: An integrated portable system for single chip simultaneous measurement of multiple disease associated metabolites..

Via: University of Glasgow...

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A team of researchers at Glasgow University, UK have developed a portable rapid diagnostic device that could be used to detect a number of conditions, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. Inspired by the famous Star Trek medical tricorder, the research team behind the innovation set out to create a "multicorder" device.