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Samadham B. Patil
Dharmendra S. Dheeman
Mohammed A. Al-Rawhani
Srinivas Velugotla
Bence Nagy
Boon Chong Cheah
James P. Grant
Claudio Accarino
Michael  P. Barrett
David R.S. Cumming

School of Engineering, Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2018

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A precision diagnostic tool

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A handheld device that measures metabolites with clinical relevance in minimum concentrations with a two minute turnaround time.

A sensor the size of a user's fingertip attaches to a smartphone.  A small liquid sample (blood or urine) is applied. Within two minutes the device can simultaneously analyze the metabolite biomarkers that correlate with heart attacks, strokes, acute kidney failure and prostate cancer.

Reference

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.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2018.09.013

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Relevant results with a rapid turnaround time: Currently testing requires expensive equipment that either lacks sensitivity or requires further analysis (time) to provide actionable results .   This technology and the use of these bio markers offers rapid results to expedite the detection of risk and harm. Also enables the analysis of metabolic and immunologic bio markers simultaneously; can result multiple tests at one time.

Low-cost technology: The chip in the sensor is made of complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) which is the driving factor in affordable electronics.   The only additional requirements are a smartphone with an Android application, a USB cable, and a power/charging source.

Accessibility and the healthcare burden:  This portable diagnostic tool can expedite and enhance care in the clinical and non clinical setting and  offer previously unavailable diagnostics in rural or remote areas. Potential for testing for any disease that has metabolic bio markers.

Validity and reliability: positive correlation established between the tested metabolites and the detection of glucose and cholesterol.

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The device is still in the testing phase and not yet available for utilization.

The list of bio markers available for testing is currently limited.

The product remains unnamed although one writer claims its development is based on the famous "Star Trek medical tricorder"...(Peach, 2018)

Reference

Peach, Tom. (2018)  Science fiction inspired handheld diagnostic device.  Medgadget.  doi. https://www.medgadget.com/2018/09/science-fiction-inspired-handheld-diagnostic-device.html#

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Our overburdened healthcare system is further crippled with delays in diagnostics which equate to delays in appropriate care and treatment. Operations in clinical settings are often bogged down by staffing shortages and procedural inefficiencies. Any innovation that provides more data, more rapidly has the potential to increase efficiencies and improve outcomes.  Rural and remote settings have limited access to this type of testing. The potential to create this access with an electronic chip, a phone, a USB and a power source for intermittent charging combined with the potential to diagnose and treat any disease that we can correlate with a bio marker creates endless opportunity for better health outcomes across the globe.

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