Bosch company brought fast corona testing machine
Amid increasing efforts of the coronavirus, the biggest problem is to test the affected people soon. Now the German company Bosch, which supplies parts to car companies, has found the way for quick and safe testing. READ MORE
A small branch of the German giant Bosch also works in the field of medical technology. Amid growing concerns around the coronavirus, the company has reported that it has devised a fast way to test the virus. With the help of this technique, the sample can be tested within two and a half hours without sending the sample to any lab far away or not. There will be time savings in this, there will not be any cost incurred in transporting the sample.
German media has reported that the company’s chief Folkmer Denner has given information about the new method of virus test. The Bosch chief says that with the help of this fast test, “infected people will be able to identify and quickly.
Isolated. “Folkmer Dener says that time is a very important factor in the fight against this deadly virus and that the most reliable benefit of a quick reliable diagnosis of Bosch’s solution in place of the test.
Till now, the biggest problem about the tests that are being done in a hurry is to be correct and reliable. In Germany, the test is being conducted in a very moderate manner because the test that takes place before the symptoms of the disease can not be completely trusted and there is doubt about their accuracy. But it is being said about the technology developed by Bosch that the results in various tests conducted in the lab have been 95 per cent accurate. The information provided by Bosch states, “The rapid test meets the quality conditions of the World Health Organization.” READ MORE
Bosch says that the method of rapid test of the virus is so simple that it will not require specially trained staff for it. For the test, the sample will be taken from the throat or nose with the help of a swab and placed in a cartridge. In this cartridge, all the reactants required for the test are present which help in the investigation. This cartridge will then be inserted into a machine prepared by Bosch for testing. The exact price of the machine has not been stated, but the company says that its price is similar to the current tests. The cartridge is priced below a hundred euros while the testing machine will cost more than 10,000 euros.
In this machine, 10 tests can be done in a day. Currently, Bosch’s machines are in his various laboratories and Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart. The company says that the ability to make this machine on a large scale is available in the company’s medical technology factory. The new test will be available in Germany before the month of April. The speciality of this machine is that with its help, apart from Kovid-19, it can be done in other respiratory diseases like flu.
The company statement quoted Bosch Healthcare Solutions head Mark Myer as saying, “Differential diagenesis will help doctors save time for other tests, they will get reliable diagnostics soon, and after that, they will be able to start proper treatment early.” Bosch developed this method in association with the Randox company of Northern Ireland. Now the company is also trying that doctors and nurses in hospitals can also be tested quickly so that they can serve patients for a long time.
Originally published at https://www.mubahisa.in.