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"Researchers at Stanford University have created a device that can constantly track concentrations of just about any protein, antibody, or hormone found in the blood (Medgadget, 2020)." "It provides a continuous stream of snapshots of readings that can be used to view trends of analyte concentrations in near-real-time (Medgadget, 2020)." The device employs a needle that sources blood from a vessel and moves it through its microfluidic channels (Medgadget, 2020). This happens repeatedly while ELISA is continuously performed on the blood (Medgadget, 2020).  A "protein sandwich” that consists of two antibodies stuck together is used to run an ELISA test over and over and a fluorescent marker, is made to activate when the connection is made (Medgadget, 2020). "Using a high speed camera, the now glowing marker can be detected and its brightness can be used to quantify the amount of target analyte in the sample (Medgadget, 2020). "

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Real-time ELISA for Continuous Blood Testing

https://www.medgadget.com/2021/01/real-time-elisa-for-continuous-blood-testing.html

Stanford researchers develop lab-on-a-chip that turns blood test snapshots into continuous movies

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/12/21/new-blood-test-device-monitors-blood-chemistry-continually/

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Medgadget published

Real-time ELISA for Continuous Blood Testing in it's CARDIOLOGY, CRITICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTICS, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, MEDICINE section on January 5th of 2021.

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In choosing the professionals to collaborate with, the roles which I would like represented on my team include Fernando -Focus, Matthew – Maximizer, Rachel - Restorative, Sheila - Strategic and Abraham – Arranger. The Arranger can help with organization and productivity. The Focus personality can work on keeping everyone on track. The maximizer can stimulate the group toward excellence. The restorative can work on problem solving and resolution while the Strategic personality can look for patterns and issues and plan for the unexpected.  I have chosen the weaker of my own strengths, so that I can include my own talents and increase the available abilities on the team.

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Cost
Reliability of new technology.
Preliminary concept, not tested on humans yet.
Risk of infection.

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Near real-time data.
Close Monitoring.
Save lives.
One needle insertion is needed.

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I think that having a bedside blood monitoring device that can measure any protein in the blood continuously would be an amazing tool for ICUs and Emergency rooms. So far, "real-time, continuous blood monitors have been developed for a few blood markers like glucose, lactate, and oxygen, but extending the technology beyond those few examples has proven “exceedingly difficult" (Stanford, 2020)." To date, the technology that has been developed and reported on has been called "promising"(Stanford, 2020). I feel that this means that we have a bit of wait ahead of us until it is ready for actual use. However, the ability to see real-time trending of blood gasses, glucose, cardiac markers, lactic acid levels, and numerous other labs would be extremely valuable in catching dangerous trends and treating patients before an emergency or death arises. This technology is valuable and I look forward to seeing it in use in the future.

Reference:
Myers, A.  (2020, December 21).

Stanford researchers develop lab-on-a-chip that turns blood test snapshots into continuous movies. https://news.stanford.edu/2020/12/21/new-blood-test-device-monitors-blood-chemistry-continually/