NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – If they are ever to see large-scale adoption, point-of-care molecular diagnostics systems need to be rapid and easy to use, but also relatively inexpensive with a broad test menu. These constraints sometimes limit POC MDx developers to using sample types with an abundance of target and a simple matrix.

Now, a startup in Scotland hopes to provide instrument developers with a sound wave-based technology to help overcome the bottleneck of sample preparation, potentially enabling a broader variety of targets and sample types to be tested at a lower cost.