It has an LCD screen, an SD card slot and a plastic disposable cuvette on the outside.
Malaria parasites in human blood generate iron crystals that are magnetic in nature.
As an engineer, I thought about creating a way to detect these magnetic crystals quickly, said Lewandowski.
You take a finger prick of blood and put it into the box through the cuvette.
If the malaria parasite is present, the magnets attract the iron crystals horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
The laser helps recognize the pattern and detect the disease.
(no crystals form, if the disease is absent).
Recently, quick blood testing devices have been in the public eye.
However, Lewandowski said his unit isnt reinventing the wheel.
The clinical trials of the RAM rig have been tested by the Disease Diagnostic Group in India since 2013.
We self-funded initially and the rest of our investment is from prize money and grants, said Lewandowski.
The firm has submitted the equipment for approval to the WHO and for EU health and safety certification.
For us, social impact is our mission, he said.
We want them to be used in the right way by the right people who need them the most.
source: www.techworm.net
