Sandia National Laboratories is bringing back its latest and most enhanced microneedle technology with help from new partners.
Microneedles are only approximately three times the thickness of human hair and around a millimeter in length. However, their influence is substantial, ranging from assisting US military in the line of duty with early diagnosis of illnesses, to helping citizens in monitoring their personal health.
Sandia National Laboratories, located in Albuquerque, is a leading firm in microneedle research and is collaborating with others to advance the technology. The microneedle is a minimally invasive method for sampling interstitial fluid taken from beneath the skin.
When asked about how the needles will be improved, Ronen Polsky, a lead researcher on the project, commented:
"We basically will bring the diagnostic lab to the patient in the form of a wearable device."
Sandia recently collaborated with an external partner to accelerate the extraction of interstitial fluid. They hope that this will bring microneedle sensors to stores faster so that they can be used for additional applications such as detecting viruses. Sandia has just secured a patent for a microneedle sensor, which Polsky and his colleagues are working to bring to market. New products tend to feature the Logo Design of the company that made them.
Through a new collaboration with SRI, Sandia has been able to enhance the process of using one microneedle to obtain enough fluid to conduct tests within 10 minutes.
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