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This new blood-drawing device developed with the help of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is easy for anyone to use, according to its manufacturer, Tasso Inc. (Tasso Inc.)
Medics jabbing troops with needles for blood tests in remote locations may become a thing of the past thanks to some new technology.
A blood-drawing and testing device, developed with the help of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is easy for anyone to use, according to its manufacturer.
Seattle-based telemedicine company Tasso developed the blood-tester after winning a $150,000 DARPA grant in 2013, according to company CEO Ben Casavant.
To use the Tasso Device, a patient places it on their arm and pushes a large red button that activates a needle. Meanwhile, a vacuum draws blood to the skin’s surface to be collected in a tube, he said in a telephone interview Friday.
HJF Receives Patent for Potential Treatment for Nerve Agent Exposure
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BETHESDA, Md., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) received notice of allowance for a patent from the United States Patent Office (USPO) for a medical countermeasure to organophosphate (OP) nerve agent exposure. Among OP nerve agents is the deadly chemical weapon, Sarin. Led by Maria F. Braga, DDS, PhD, a professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, and Psychiatry in the in the School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), researchers identified a neuroprotective combination therapy that is effective against OP exposure. The therapy was shown to be effective even with delayed use following nerve agent exposure. This innovation was patented by the USU/HJF Joint Office of Technology Transfer.