Capitainer Quantifies Dried Blood Sampling, Expanding Clinical Diagnostics Applications

The company has developed a dried blood spot sampling method that collects precise volumes of blood, enabling quantification of samples.  

Capitainer qDBS kits and disc remover • Source: Capitainer

Capitainer hopes to change dried blood spot sampling with its proprietary qDBS (quantitative dried blood spot) sampling kit, which allows patients to produce quantifiable blood samples from the comfort of their own home.

DBS is an antiquated medical technology discovered in the 1910s, and first used widely in the 1960s. A patient pricks...

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