Development of a point of care device prototype for blood ammonia monitoring
Description
Hyperammonemia and associated neurological manifestations (hepatic encephalopathy) lead to coma and death and incur high costs. It affects 30-45% of cirrhotic patients. A novel portable point of care device based on pH-gradient polymersomes for daily monitoring of ammonia will alleviate the burdens.
Key data
Projectlead
Deputy Projectlead
Project team
Dr. Fabrizio Spano, Raphael Hagen, Jan Zwicky, Christian Grossmann Aybar
Project partners
Versantis AG
Project status
completed, 04/2022 - 01/2025
Institute/Centre
Institute of Computational Physics (ICP)
Funding partner
Innosuisse
Project budget
567'592 CHF
School of Engineering
Technikumstrasse 71
8400 Winterthur