Development of a fibre-optic flow sensor to monitor blood platelet adhesive function.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/436768

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The ability to accurately diagnose platelet dysfunction is key to the clinical management of many cardiovascular diseases which represent a major cause of mortality in the industrialised world. At present there is no clinically robust instrument that can accurately assess abnormal platelet function under conditions that closely mimic the physiological environment. We aim to develop a sensitive prototype instrument for the clinical assessment of platelet function. We propose to develop this medical device as a relatively cheap and portable point of care instrument that can be marketed internationally.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 01-01-2007

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Development Grants

Funding Amount: $187,550.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Biotechnology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Blood Clotting | Cardiovascular disease | Paediatrics | Platelet Function | Thrombosis | experimental haematology | optical fibres | optical imaging | platelet adhesion | platelet aggregation

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