Siemens won FDA clearance for its Xprecia Stride handheld coagulation analyzer, a device designed to speed up testing of patients on warfarin, an anti-coagulant, and make the procedure a bit safer.
It provides Prothrombin Time International Normalized Ratio (PT/INR) results with lab-level accuracy at the point of care. It’s held with one hand and controlled via a touchscreen with the other. The barrel end can be brought right to the spot where the skin is lanced and sampled while the device is held at any angle. Once results are in, a button is used to spit out the test strip into the refuse without having to touch it.
The device also has a built-in barcode scanner for simple tracking of patients and their results,
Product page: Xprecia Stride…
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