 Thanks to television medical dramas, most people have heard emergency room doctors order a litany of tests when a critical patient enters the hospital. Information about a patient's blood level, particularly hematocrit (the fraction of whole blood volume that consists of red blood cells), is essential for making treatment decisions in the ER and the Intensive Care Unit.
Today, blood is drawn manually and sent to a laboratory and the results are relayed to caregivers as soon as possible - a process typically repeated multiple times in the first hours of care for patients experiencing acute blood loss.
We're currently working on a first-of-its-kind device that will provide caregivers with real-time blood volume data. New Paradigm Concepts, founded by ER Physician Dr. Ed McEowen and his wife Mary Jo, hired us to build the system. We're also working closely with Indianapolis-based Piezo Technologies, which is developing the device's implantable sensors. |