COVID-19 ViroMeter: A portable health assessment device for viral transmission control
Abstract
The COVID19 pandemic has critically disrupted the key activities of daily life for both civil society and militarys active duty personnel as well as the civilian employees, jeopardizing the economic status and security of the United States. The primary driver for rapid disease spread in COVID19 is the lack of widescaleand repeat testing. To address this need, this project aims to develop an easy to use, rapid, portable, cheap, battery or main power operated medical diagnostic tool for Coronavirus diease-2019 (COVID-19) detection by novice end users with minimal interaction. The device will utilize standard reagents and be based on reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based amplificationof the coronaviral RNA. Success of the study is expected to have wide implications in medical management of COVID-19 and it will be a game changer. The device will also have utility in other infectious disease detection areas related to the general public and the US military personnel such asprevention of contagious disease transmission at the site of occurrence, global health, pathogens with pandemic potential, optimal therapy selection as well as treatment efficacy monitoring.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112071
Entities
People
- Utkan Demirci
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Stanford University
- United States Navy