Automated Robotic Phlebotomy/Analysis
August 28, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
“. . . researchers at Rutgers University created a device that includes an image-guided venipuncture robot, to address the challenges of routine venous access, with a centrifuge-based blood analyzer to obtain quantitative measurements of hematology. In the paper, results are presented on a white blood cell assay, using a blood mimicking fluid spiked with fluorescent microbeads. Studies were conducted on the integrated device — from blood draw to analysis — using blood vessel phantoms, demonstrating both high accuracy and repeatability of the cannulation and resulting white blood cell assay.” MORE
Image Credit: Rutgers University and NCBI