XaTek clot clip

XaTek, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) has introduced a handheld device it calls the “ClotChip.”  About the size and shape of a cell phone, “the device estimates bleeding risk using a method called dielectric spectroscopy, which quantitatively measures how a blood sample affects an externally applied electric field. It detects markers of coagulation activity in real time, and also provides information about the clotting status of patients taking new-generation blood thinners.” It gives results in 15 minutes.  MORE

Image Credit:  XaTek, Inc.