This "optical drive" can diagnose a variety of diseases in just one hour.
Release date: 2015-04-02 Often, the diagnosis of a disease is one that can only complete one disease at a time, and the diagnosis process needs to be processed in the laboratory for several days. A new EU-led project has successfully developed a new device that has the advantage of detecting several diseases at once and presenting the results to healthcare professionals within an hour. The device, called LabDisk, is designed and built by the European Union for the African people. The DiscoGnosis project to develop LabDisk equipment was established in 2012. At that time, infectious disease detection in Africa was also focused on individual disease identification, and the detection method could not reliably distinguish the disease well. The goal of the project is to develop a method for rapid detection of malaria and other diseases. The device itself looks like a CD player. Remove the patient's blood sample and place it on the LabDisk CD. The disc is then inserted into its companion machine for diagnostic processing. Pathogens of the disease can be identified by their DNA/RNA, and the system can also recognize diseases caused by parasites - such as malaria; diseases caused by bacteria - such as typhoid or pneumonia; dengue fever caused by viruses can not escape LabDisk The "eyes of the fire". The LabDisk can be set up to detect different diseases by changing the biometric components according to the needs of healthcare professionals. One of the project's researchers, Dr. Konstantinos Mitsakakis of the University of Freiburg, said, “This is a very simple and inexpensive diagnostic system that can be used in areas where medical infrastructure is lagging behind. The results can be obtained in just one hour, and the laboratory diagnosis is currently open for three days." LabDisk equipment will be tested in Dakar, Senegal, Bunia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the near future before being officially commercialized. Just south of the southwest (SXSW) held half a month ago, the prototype of the three-recorder developed by Cloud DX is also a product that can quickly detect a variety of diseases. Because Cloud DX is composed of four parts, The disease and physical data that can be detected are naturally more. The Cloud DX Universal Diagnostic Stick is very similar to LabDisk's, which can perform laboratory tests similar to diseases such as diabetes, pneumonia and tuberculosis. The small needle attached to it takes a drop of blood from the patient's fingertips and then draws it into the test strip. The user inserts the diagnostic pen into the base and the test results are recorded. So when does it take blood without the need for a patient's body fluids or saliva to diagnose the disease? Source: Lei Feng Net Waterproof Breathable Hydrocolloid Dressing,Hydrocolloid Dressing,Convenient Flexible Hydrocolloid Dressing,Preventing Microbes Hydrocolloid Dressing Zhende Medical Co.,Ltd , https://www.zhendemedicals.com