Portable tool to diagnose and monitor sickle cell disease receives U.S. patent
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A new tool will enable patients with sickle cell disease to reliably and conveniently monitor their disease in the same way patients with diabetes can monitor their disease using a glucometer. The goal of managing this inherited, lifelong blood disorder is to prevent acute, painful crises due to sickling and unsickling of red blood cells. Currently, there are no commercial tools to continuously monitor sickle cell disease using small blood samples. Because repeated cell sickling events may lead to permanent cell damage, time also is of the essence.
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The original was posted on /r/tech by /u/chrisdh79 on 2023-06-22 14:30:26+00:00.

Original Title: Portable tool to diagnose and monitor sickle cell disease receives U.S. patent | The device rapidly and reliably monitors sickle cell disease continuously using a microfluidics-based electrical impedance sensor, which can characterize the rate of cell sickling and the percentage of sickled cells.