How to check that a person is Covid positive or not in just 20 seconds ?
The formula of tracing, testing and treatment of Modi ji is inerrable but the queue at government vaccine centers is rapidly increasing and in private hospitals, one has to wait for a long time. Many times it takes up to 1 week for the report to come and by then the infection has taken a form of deterioration, due to which the condition of the patient has worsened. A very good alternative for this weak investigation process has been found by the Canadian company, TeknoScan. A testing machine manufactured by the company, which is in the form of an ATM, can detect in just 20 seconds whether a person is infected with covid or not.
This machine analyse the breath of a person by his volatile organic compounds or VOC, in this way it detects infection.
Hemant Kumar, MD of TeknoScan's sales partner company, Anika Sterilis Pvt Ltd, based in India, said the technology is currently under patent.
How is the testing done?
On getting infected some volatile organic compounds (VOC) develop in one's body. It is by searching these VOC, it is confirmed that the person is corona infected or not. This entire process works in real time. To check, a person has to give sample on a concerned sterilized sample card has by blowing on it 5 to 10 times and then the card is inserted into the hit detector of the Kovid-19 detector machine. If VOC has been developed in his body due to CoronaVirus, then this machine catches it.
According to Hemant, the Breath Analyzer test technique has been used by some companies in the past, but they do this by taking samples in the lab. Some companies have also made its kit, both the process is long and reports take a long time to arrive. Whereas, with this ATM-like machine, we can do this work easily even while standing on the road and report is received in just 20 seconds.
How does the machine work?
If a man becomes infected by CoronaVirus, a volatile organic compound is formed in his body called V.O.C. When a man speaks or cries loudly, then this VOC comes out from his body. The same principle is used in ATM machines of TeknoScan company. In this, a person has to blow 5 to 10 times on a sterilized card. If that person is infected with a CoronaVirus, the blows from his body will stick BOC pieces on his card. After that, when that person inserts that card in that machine, the machine will start checking it. If that machine will get the VOCs on that card then the report will come positive otherwise the report will come negative.
This process is completed in only 20 seconds.
Advantages of this machine:
- Through this machine many people can be tested in a very short time.
- This machine is not expensive at all and anyone can be tested in a very short time.
- This machine does not remove any type of medical waste.
A medical vest is removed from the kit on examination in the lab, while examination by this technique does not produce any medical vest. Apart from this, one thousand coated sterilized sample cards are given with each machine. They are sterilized in the sample card sterilization unit after each use. After which it can be used multiple times.
- According to the requirement, the report mentioned by this machine can also be extracted.
This report can also be obtained in the form of 2D and 3D graphic displays and tables. Its print can also be taken out as per the need. Hemant said that in Delhi-NCR, two machines are being tested free of cost. It was also trialled at the Niti Bagh Club and Hayatt Hotel in South Delhi. This machine can work for 15 years.
This technology can come in India!
Hemant Kumar, MD, Anika Sterlish Private Limited, said that ----
An application was made to the Indian Council of Medical Research or ICMR for technical approval. The answer came that they do not currently have the expertise to evaluate this technique. We will soon apply to the Drugs Standard Control Organization of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This technique is not an alternative to RDPR or any other screening system, but is a screening test. If a person comes positive in this test, then he should also get RDPR examination done. Using this technique, the rest of the people without symptoms can be prevented from getting infected or are in the same way as drugs and explosive substances are discovered is.
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