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Implementation of a microcontroller-based semi-automatic coagulator
K Chan1, A Kirumira, A Elkateeb
1Octopus Diagnostics Research, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Abstract:
The coagulator is an instrument used in hospitals to detect clot formation as a function of time. Generally, these coagulators are very expensive and therefore not affordable by a doctors' office and small clinics. The objective of this project is to design and implement a low cost semi-automatic coagulator (SAC) prototype. The SAC is capable of assaying up to 12 samples and can perform the following tests: prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and PT/APTT combination. The prototype has been tested successfully.

