title: Implementation of a microcontroller-based semi-automatic coagulator.
abstract: The coagulator is an instrument used in hospitals to detect clot formation as a function of time. Generally, these coagulators are very expensive and therefore not affordable by a doctors' office and small clinics. The objective of this project is to design and implement a low cost semi-automatic coagulator (SAC) prototype. The SAC is capable of assaying up to 12 samples and can perform the following tests: prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and PT/APTT combination. The prototype has been tested successfully.
authors.affiliation: Octopus Diagnostics Research, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirumira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elkateeb
mesh_terms: D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents