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CORE TECHNOLOGY: BIOMEMS

• Biomedical - Advanced blood diagnostics for a wide variety of applications. Our assay work includes biosensors for glucose, lactate, cholinesterase, alcohol and more.
• MEMS - (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) The bulk mechanical properties of silicon are utilized to create integrated silicon microneedle sampling and assay microchips, applying the process technology used to make computer chips.
• Instrumentation - A laboratory prototype hand-held one-step sampling and assay instrument to hold and actuate the microchip, read the assay, and output the results.
• Intellectual Property - A strong patent portfolio protects the Kumetrix technology.

PAINLESS ONE-STEP BLOOD TESTING

Kumetrix has developed a unique medical diagnostics technology based on bioMEMS. A single-use disposable silicon microchip, with integrated hollow microneedle comparable in size to a human hair, punctures the skin, draws a sub-microliter blood sample into the body of the chip, and performs a specific assay without subsequent blood transfer. The chip mates with the actuator of a handheld meter, which automatically performs the puncture under microprocessor control, reads the assay, displays the result, and stores it in memory. This single-step method renders blood testing painless, rapid, clean, and inexpensive, while requiring no skill from the operator.

Our core technology is commercializable in many medical markets both in the US and worldwide, including neonatal, emergency room and acute point-of-care testing, patient self-testing, and military applications.