Technology Advancements in Blood Coagulation Measurements for Point-of-Care Diagnostic Testing

Mohammad Mohammadi Aria, Ahmet Erten, Ozlem Yalcin*

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Abstract

In recent years, blood coagulation monitoring has become crucial to diagnosing causes of hemorrhages, developing anticoagulant drugs, assessing bleeding risk in extensive surgery procedures and dialysis, and investigating the efficacy of hemostatic therapies. In this regard, advanced technologies such as microfluidics, fluorescent microscopy, electrochemical sensing, photoacoustic detection, and micro/nano electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) have been employed to develop highly accurate, robust, and cost-effective point of care (POC) devices. These devices measure electrochemical, optical, and mechanical parameters of clotting blood. Which can be correlated to light transmission/scattering, electrical impedance, and viscoelastic properties. In this regard, this paper discusses the working principles of blood coagulation monitoring, physical and sensing parameters in different technologies. In addition, we discussed the recent progress in developing nanomaterials for blood coagulation detection and treatments which opens up new area of controlling and monitoring of coagulation at the same time in the future. Moreover, commercial products, future trends/challenges in blood coagulation monitoring including novel anticoagulant therapies, multiplexed sensing platforms, and the application of artificial intelligence in diagnosis and monitoring have been included.

Original languageEnglish
Article number395
JournalFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2019

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2019 Mohammadi Aria, Erten and Yalcin.

Funding

Funding. This study was supported by Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council grant SBAG-115S120. This study was supported by Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council grant SBAG-115S120.

FundersFunder number
Turkish Scientific and Technological Research CouncilSBAG-115S120
Consejo Nacional para Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas

    Keywords

    • MEMS
    • POC devices
    • blood coagulation
    • electrochemical sensing
    • fluorescent microscopy
    • microfluidics
    • nanomaterials
    • photoacoustic detection

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