LONDON, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio-AMD, Inc. is pleased to announce that Bio AMD Limited, our majority owned medical devices subsidiary (“Bio-AMD”, “We” or the “Company” OTCBB: BIAD.OB, OTCQB: BIAD) has submitted a UK Intellectual Property Office patent application for a replaceable Cartridge Test Cap (“Cap”) component used in its Digital Strip Reader (“DSR”) device.
Competitive devices, particularly in pregnancy and ovulation testing applications, typically require a sample to be applied to a test strip unit prior to insertion into a disposable battery powered digital reader. This method can introduce contamination errors inaccuracies and false positives due to delay in reading the activated test strip, and generates battery life and recycling issues.
Bio-AMD’s Cap is a replaceable, disposable unit. The Cap comprises a cartridge mounted test strip with an interlocked test strip cover that can only be removed after the Cap is engaged with the DSR. Engagement of the Cap automatically powers up the DSR and allows removal of the Cap cover. This permits a sample to be immediately read without any further procedural step, minimising contamination potential and false positives. Numerous disposable Caps can be read by a single solar powered DSR device, reducing test costs and eliminating battery shelf-life and disposal problems.
About DSR
The DSR technology is a patented method of reading and quantifying traditional chromatography based, lateral-flow immunoassays including pregnancy and fertility testing, cardiac markers, infectious diseases and drug testing. Compared to existing analog tests DSR offers increased sensitivity and semi-quantitative measurement, allowing earlier diagnostic testing with improved accuracy.
The DSR hand-held reader device incorporates portability, scalability and repeatability with low manufacturing costs. Our technology also runs on photo-electric power, avoiding the need for chemical batteries and the disposal issues arising from them.
About Bio-AMD, Inc.
Bio-AMD has two majority owned UK subsidiaries: Bio AMD Limited, a technology developer for medical diagnostic devices; and the WDX Organisation Ltd, the owner of the WOCU®, a global currency data reference source for application in financial markets. (www.wocu.com).
To find out more about Bio-AMD (OTCBB: BIAD), visit our website at www.bioamd.com.
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