Scientists Developing Smartphone Sensor To Instantly Detect Coronavirus


GE researchers are currently working on a sensor that can be plugged into smartphones and wearable devices that will detect the presence of novel coronavirus nanoparticles.

Reuters

The electronic sensors are essentially based on the same test method currently used in laboratories to detect the presence of SARS CoV-2. Instead of focusing on other diseases, you only recognize the coronavirus specifically.

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Detection of COVID-19 through nanoparticles

Typically, laboratories need biological samples in the form of nasal or throat swabs, but the sensor can detect the presence of COVID-19 levels through nanoparticles on the skin, according to GE.

GE explains the project with the words: “Tools available for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus require extensive sample preparation and / or expensive laboratory equipment in order to obtain accurate results. The aim of this proposal is to create a touchscreen sensor array with which model SARS-CoV-2 virus particles can be directly recorded, recognized and identified with minimal false positives. "

The novel system will work on new multifunctional bioreceptors that will be programmed to only look for a specific virus or substance (in this case SARS CoV-2)..

These sensors can be part of a touch surface that can be installed on phones, security keyboards, computer keyboards, and even portable devices.

GE covid-19 sensor GIVE

The system works like bloodhounds

Radislav Potyrailo, chief scientist at GE Research, explains, "We have developed tiny sensors that are smaller than the tip of a finger and have the same detection capabilities as high-end analyzers the size of a microwave oven."

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He added, “Our sensors are like bloodhounds. We train them to recognize a certain thing, and they can do that well without being thrown off the trail by anything else. "

The researchers received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop this sensor. With that, they'll spend the next two years improving their sensor and finding ways to effectively embed it on our phones and places that people often come into contact with, such as door handles, ATMs, etc., to help curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus in the bud.


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