smartphone blood-clotting test 3 (IMAGE)

University of Washington

smartphone blood-clotting test 3

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Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new blood-clotting test that uses only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera. Shown here are lead author Justin Chan (left, holding the device), a UW doctoral student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, and co-author Dr. Kelly Michaelsen (right), assistant professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine in the UW School of Medicine.

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Mark Stone/University of Washington

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