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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Brijesh S. Gill, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin Aroom, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Cox, Jr., Bellaire, TX (US);
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for measuring clotting capacity of a patient's blood comprises a probe having a wetted portion, a well to receive a blood sample to contact the wetted portion, a spring element intermediate the wetted portion and a probe support, and a sensor to determine the displacement of the wetted portion resulting from a displacing force imparted to the wetted portion by a clotting blood sample in the well. Embodiments of the apparatus of the present invention may include a variable capacitance displacement sensor, an eddy current variance sensor, a microelectromechanical sensor and an optical instrument. Embodiments of the apparatus may include a current source. The present invention enables reliable detection of mitochondrial dysfunction and sepsis in a blood sample. Embodiments of the apparatus of the invention may be portable. A probe used in such embodiments may be disposable.