Fung Institute, Master of Engineering Capstone Project Pitch for POC Platform for Neonatal CBC
Channel: Shilpi Mathrani
Date: 20/04/2015

A newborn infant has on average a blood volume of 300 mL. All of a blood in a newborn infant could easily fit in a typical Nalgene bottle. Doctors like to perform complete blood count tests infants because they help monitor their overall health and detect future complications. But these tests typically require 10 mL of blood and are performed six times a day, so it eventually becomes hard to draw blood. Simply put, the well runs dry. Our project strives to develop a complete blood count test that only requires droplets of blood to prevent the blood volume from reducing to dangerous levels.