The specimen of choice that enables the collection of small blood volumes from neonatal or critically ill patients is a capillary blood specimen. This specimen type has gained favour with many ...

Hims & Hers agrees to acquire YourBio Health, adding painless microneedle blood-sampling tech and expanding its at-home testing capabilities ahead of an early-2026 close.

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) has entered into an agreement to acquire YourBio Health, a Boston-based maker of capillary whole ...

An analysis of whole blood samples collected from dried blood spots was reliable in detecting and monitoring hepatitis C virus infection, according to recent findings. “Dried blood spots are promising ...

THE measurement of the packed red-cell volume (or hematocrit) of the venous blood has long been recognized as a useful aid in the study of blood in a large number of clinical conditions. The technic ...

BD received its FDA authorizations for two blood draw devices that are part of the new BD MiniDraw Capillary Blood Collection System at the end of 2023. The devices, as the name implies, collect blood ...

Credit: Becton, Dickinson and Company. The system consists of a capillary blood collection tube and a finger sleeve that is intended for use by a trained health care provider, without the need of a ...

Seattle startup Tasso closed a $17 million investment round to help grow its at-home blood collection platform. The company’s blood sample device, called Tasso OnDemand, lets people take their own ...

As COVID-19 seems to be making a comeback in many areas of the world, including Japan, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in October 2020 shows the relevance of microsamples of ...

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from your heart. They have thick walls and a muscular layer that keeps your blood moving. Arteries can be as wide as a nickel (about two centimeters). They are the ...