IIT Kharagpur researchers make low-cost blood test device which can perform pathological tests
India Today (August 13, 2019)
Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have developed an ultra-low-cost diagnostic device which can perform various pathological tests by using a tiny drop of blood taken from a finger-prick. The team led by Professor Suman Chakraborty from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur has adoped this detection method which is virtually instrument free and requires only a paper strip based kit integrated with a smartphone to enable analytics and readout functions and an LED light for imaging.
The key aspect of the device which has been addressed by Professor Chakraborty is the operational simplicity of the device and extremely low running cost. (Read More)