Scientists in Britain have announced that they have developed a small device that can diagnose different types of fatal diseases within minutes of use. The handheld device analyzes a sample of a patient’s urine, saliva, or blood, and can detect diseases if they are present. The medical gadget is officially named the CliniHub.
The patient’s samples can be placed in several ‘ports’ on the device, where chemicals can change colour if a disease is detected. An obvious comparison is the pregnancy test, which uses a similar colour-changing system.
Cambridge Consultants as well as Xenbio Fluidics, both from the state of California, developed the device. According to Patrick Pordage, a spokesperson for Cambridge Consultants, the invention of the device could be “the future” of detecting and diagnosing fatal diseases. He said that if doctors are able to analyze diseases in patients more quickly, they will be able to treat them more effectively and save even more lives.
The CliniHub will likely have a price under $100, and three fatal diseases can currently be detected by the device. Namely, MRSA, breast cancer, and another unrevealed disease can all be analyzed and detected by the medical device.
Soon, however, over 20 diseases will be able to be detected, and more GP surgeries will be able to make use of the product, according to its developers. And in the future, a version that consumers will be able to use at home may be developed. The CliniHub, while still in a primitive stage, could make big waves in the medical world in the future.
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