Handheld Diagnostics

Early last year, Royal Philips Electronics (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and bioMérieux (Marcy l’Etoile, France) created a joint venture aimed at innovating handheld, point-of-care diagnostic devices.  This collaboration has now brought their first prototype-a reader with disposable cartridge that measures low levels of Troponin-1 indicating myocardial infarction.  The report doesn’t say how quickly this works, but obviously it is quicker than sending a blood sample to the lab.  The partners anticipate a commercial launch of this device in 2013.      MORE

Image Credit:  Philips/ BioMérieux