COVID-19 detection

Taiwanese mobile health firm gets CE mark for its COVID-19 digital point-of-care test

By Thiru Gunasegaran 02:15 am June 4, 2021

iXensor, a Taipei-based mobile health solutions developer, received a CE-IVD mark for its PixoTest POCT COVID-19 Antigen Test. WHAT IT DOES The point-of-care test is an end-to-end fully digitalised rapid screening solution. It comprises a palm-sized analyser, a digital health pass app, an admin app and a HIPAA-grade health management web portal. iXensor said in a statement that its diagnostic...

GE researchers look to put COVID-19-detecting sensors in phones

By Mallory Hackett 12:28 pm April 9, 2021

Researchers at General Electric are set to begin research into how they can turn commonly-used surfaces into COVID-19-detecting devices, the company announced this week. The GE Research team has received a 24-month grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop miniature sensors that can be embedded into mobile devices in order to detect COVID-19 particles on their surfaces. “We all come...