rHEALTH: A drop of blood can diagnose hundreds of diseases
Release date: 2014-11-14
Introduction: A research facility in the United States has developed a portable medical device that can diagnose hundreds of diseases with a single drop of blood. The rHEALTH technology has been in development for seven years under the joint support of NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. On Monday, their team won the investment of another institution as the champion of this year's XChallenge competition.
Technology giants have entered the battlefield of fitness and sports, such as Apple's Health and Google Fit, but their products are still very different from the actual medical care. Fitbit and Jawbone's products only measure the user's steps and heart rate, but they do not perform deep diagnostics of those biological indicators, internal indicators can be used as an early warning signal for serious diseases. Now, those who want to accurately screen for the disease or measure their physical condition still need to see a doctor.
Dr. Eugene Chan and his colleagues conducted research at the Institute of DNA Medicine (DMI) to change this situation. Eugene Chan's team has developed a portable handheld device that can accurately diagnose hundreds of diseases with a single drop of blood. The rHEALTH technology has been in development for seven years under the joint support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Institutes of Health, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. On Monday, their team won the investment of another institution as the champion of this year's XChallenge competition.
The goal of the XChallenge competition is to accelerate innovation in sensor technology to solve some medical problems. The team wanted to make a tool that would allow individuals to quickly and easily detect their health without having to rely on large laboratory instrumental analysis. Initially DMI responded to NASA challenges to develop a diagnostic device that works in space. rHEALTH was portable from the start.
So how does he work: First, drop a small drop of blood into a container where the nanoribbons and reagents react to the components in the blood. The entire mixture is then passed through a spiral micro-mixer and diagnosed with a laser with a change in intensity. It can diagnose small to colds in a few minutes, to more serious diseases such as pneumonia or even angstroms. Bora virus. And it also has an important accessory that users can wear to continuously read health readings such as ECG, heart rate and body temperature, and can be transmitted via Bluetooth to the smartphone or the rHEALTH device itself.
According to Eugene Chan, the real innovation of rHEALTH is to package all diagnostic techniques in a small handheld device; and it requires 1500 times less blood than conventional tests than conventional tests. Because it was originally made for NASA, it can be used in lunar and zero-gravity environments.
We hope that people will use this technology based on real and powerful medical data to make meaningful changes to our way of life.
Now, rHEALTH is very reliable for the detection of cell counts, HIV testing, vitamin D levels and various proteins in the human body. The next challenge is to add more testing, increase production, and get out of the lab to achieve commercialization. They are making three different products: rHEALTH One, which will be used for transformational research; rHEALTH X, a testing tool for clinicians; and rHEALTH X1 for consumer products.
Eugene Chan said that when rHEALTH finally became a product for ordinary consumers, he hoped that people could make meaningful changes in lifestyle based on real and robust medical data in the device. Many people use current wearable devices as toys or gadgets, which is not what rHEALTH wants to do. The true meaning of rHEALTH is to help you take care of yourself when you are experiencing serious health conditions.
Source: Lei Feng Net
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