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Spartan Cube
Spartan Bioscience, a Canadian biotechnology company is bringing its on-demand DNA collection, extractions and analysis technology to the forefront of ‘Made In Canada‘ COVID-19 solutions.
Ottawa’s Spartan Bioscience has announced that it has received Health Canada approval for its rapid, accurate and portable COVID-19 test. Spartan’s test was developed with funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program and that the tests can now be shipped to Spartan’s federal and provincial government partners starting immediately.
HOW IT WORKS
The test was developed from U.S. CDC’s published the genetic sequence for a test.
According to the news release, Spartan’s test consists of a portable DNA analyzer called the Spartan Cube, which is the size of a coffee cup. The Cube performs the test with Spartan’s COVID-19 test cartridges and proprietary swabs, manufactured in Ottawa.
The automated test can be operated by non-laboratory personnel in settings such as airports, border crossings, doctors’ offices, pharmacies, clinics, and remote communities.
Watch Paul Lem, CEO and founder of Spartan Bioscience, explain how Spartan’s portable COVID-19 test works here.
Spartan’s technology is currently used by Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the New York State Department of Health, and Mayo Clinic.
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