Smart Phone Health Testing

Lab-on-a-chip devices are opening a new genre of disruptive innovations on the model of the personal blood glucose tester.  Fluid dynamics researchers led by Mohammad Faghri, URI professor of mechanical engineering on the project at the University of Rhode Island have developed a relatively inexpensive biosensor ($3,200) and a cartridge ($1.50) that can detect biomarkers for cardiovascular and peripheral vascular diseases in a half-hour.  They imagine a time when patients can do such a test at home and send the results to their physician with a cell phone app.  In this piece, also notice mention of the BPM3 Blood Pressure Monitor-“which turns your phone into a digital nurse.”           MORE

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