Point of care anemia device

Project Overview

Anemia affects many people worldwide and disproportionately affects those in developing countries due to a lack in medical infrastructure to properly diagnose the blood disorder. A portable, easy to use, and cost-effective device is needed to diagnose the condition in these countries at the time of initial medical care. Anemia can be diagnosed by evaluating red blood cell size using the mean corpuscular volume (MCV). The goal is to fabricate a microfluidic device that effectively measures the MCV of red blood cells to determine if a patient has normocytic, macrocytic, or microcytic anemia with results comparable to current cell counting techniques.

Team Picture

Team members from left to right: Michal Adamski, Lazura Krasteva, Jeffrey Wu, Carly Hildebrandt, Katherine Barlow

Files

Final Poster (December 10, 2015)
Final Report (December 11, 2015)
Preliminary Presentation (October 2, 2015)
Updated PDS (October 7, 2015)
Mid-semester Report (October 7, 2015)
PDS (September 16, 2015)

Contact Information

Team Members

Carly Hildebrandt - Team Leader
Katherine Barlow - Communicator
Lazura Krasteva - BSAC
Michal Adamski - BWIG
Jeffrey Wu - BPAG

Advisor and Client

Dr. Tom Yen - Advisor
Dr. Philip Bain - Client