Automatic robotic blood collection system

The system includes blood-guided robots, sample processing modules and blood analyzers that provide highly accurate and fast results, according to RT.

Researchers at Rutgers University in the United States have created an automated blood test and measurement device to help limit errors in human blood sampling and improve work processes in diseases. institute. Equipment description research has been published online in Technology magazine.

Diagram of automatic blood collection system.(Photo: RT).

The device includes a visual guided robot to take blood from a vein, a sample processing module and a centrifuge-based blood analyzer. The device provides highly accurate results from white blood cell testing, using blood-like fluid spike with fluorescent microorganisms. The experiment used artificial weapons with plastic tubes to make blood vessels. The device can provide quick test results in bed or in an ambulance, emergency room, clinic and doctor's office.

"The patient will start by placing his or her arm under the" robotic vein. "It will then take blood from the vein to transfer the sample to the centrifuge. by computer via a liquid platform, "said Max Balter, PhD in biomedical engineering, said the team leader.

Mr. Balter added that when designing the system, the focus of the group is to create a modular and expandable device. With relatively simple chip design and analysis techniques, the device can be expanded to incorporate a wider test panel in the future.

Diagnosis is the most performed clinical procedure in the world, affecting most medical decisions made in hospitals and laboratories. However, the success rate of manual blood sampling depends on the doctor's skills and patient physiology.