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Cheap Blood Clot Detection Device

Posted by kdawson on from the but-wear-your-helmet dept.

Gearoid_Murphy writes "The BBC details the news of a cheap handheld device to detect blood clots on the surface of the brain. The device uses infrared light to penetrate 3 cm into the body; light that has passed through clotted blood changes detectably. A doctor who is testing the device in India said, 'We found a 98% accuracy for showing blood clots or haematomas.'"

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  1. Re:I wonder by j79zlr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been having massive headaches during and after sex.
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  2. Re:Company Website... by maxume · · Score: 4, Funny

    The bastards, sending a device they believe will work to hospitals with no alternative just because there is less government interference. I bet they kick puppies too.

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  3. A marvelous invention! by Cathoderoytube · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have to say as a blood clot sufferer this invention sounds great. For those of you who don't know the previous means for checking for blood clots was to drain out all the patients blood and let it settle, then the doctors would count the blood clots floating on the surface. On one occasion my doctor accidently dropped his pen in the vat, then he tried to fish it out. I went completely spare and told him if he expected to put that blood back in me after he'd been sloshing around in it he had another thing coming.

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  4. The Slashdot blood test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    for your insensitive clots.