Research Laboratory Palo Alto company has developed equipment to detect HIV-sized portable iPod help test a patient infected with immunodeficiency at the scene within 10 minutes.
Currently, only in large cities, the new clinics are full of blood testing equipment to allow doctors to monitor the development of HIV disease to early treatment and more effective. But the examination and tests still take time and must be conducted at the medical center.
To meet this need, scientists in R & D (research and development) company in Palo Alto was designed device the size of an iPod, help identify HIV as the machine cumbersome in laboratories. Experts can test promising immune system quickly, just under 10 minutes. Peter Kiesel, representing the team, this device can be fitted to the medical staff. They can carry it easily in backpacks and go to the slum dwellers in Africa and Asia. The computer analysis by taking a small blood sample on the fingers. Blood cells was shown by laser beams to detect and count of CD4 + T cells, the cells in the immune systems of HIV virus "killed." Estimated cost of the machine to detect HIV was identified company about $ 250, less than 10 times higher than the current test machine. The prospect of a very large machine. It is particularly useful for medical personnel when operating in the key areas of HIV, especially in poor areas of Africa and Asia. The company plans, the devices are produced commercially in 2012.
Currently, only in large cities, the new clinics are full of blood testing equipment to allow doctors to monitor the development of HIV disease to early treatment and more effective. But the examination and tests still take time and must be conducted at the medical center.
To meet this need, scientists in R & D (research and development) company in Palo Alto was designed device the size of an iPod, help identify HIV as the machine cumbersome in laboratories. Experts can test promising immune system quickly, just under 10 minutes. Peter Kiesel, representing the team, this device can be fitted to the medical staff. They can carry it easily in backpacks and go to the slum dwellers in Africa and Asia. The computer analysis by taking a small blood sample on the fingers. Blood cells was shown by laser beams to detect and count of CD4 + T cells, the cells in the immune systems of HIV virus "killed." Estimated cost of the machine to detect HIV was identified company about $ 250, less than 10 times higher than the current test machine. The prospect of a very large machine. It is particularly useful for medical personnel when operating in the key areas of HIV, especially in poor areas of Africa and Asia. The company plans, the devices are produced commercially in 2012.
