UW News
Nathan Sniedecki
October 4, 2017
New portable blood analyzer could improve anemia detection worldwide
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To reduce the burden of anemia worldwide, health officials need a portable and affordable way to analyze blood. Mechanical engineering researchers at the University of Washington developed a device smaller than a toaster that can detect the level of hemoglobin in whole blood samples using optical absorbance.