COVID-19 environmental testing kit available in U.S.
The kit, based on the company’s bCUBE portable DNA analysis platform, identifies contaminated, non-porous hard surfaces on site or in a distributed deployment and can produce multiple simultaneous test results in about 90 minutes, allowing businesses to validate that their coronavirus disinfection procedures used in workplaces and customer facing premises are effective.
“We are working globally with companies on strategies to assist with safe reopening of businesses in their efforts to recover and restart the economy,” says Stefano Lo Priore, Hyris CEO. “As businesses are navigating how to resume activities, one of their biggest concerns is to ensure that their premises and products are safe for employees and customers.”
“Our environmental testing kit builds on our proven technology platform, the bCUBE, to quickly and efficiently analyze surfaces to validate presence or absence of virus,” says Lo Priore. “Its affordable price, fast results, ease of use and advanced AI software architecture differentiate our approach from others, and enable testing ‘at the edge’ to deliver results in near real time inside facilities and businesses where it is needed.”
The bCUBE is a miniaturized device using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology with an advanced operating system that runs on a smartphone or tablet. It has an integrated AI module for data diagnostics that is run by a user-friendly web app that manages the data in the cloud, and is compatible with all major operating systems.
The bCUBE environmental testing kit is based on the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) developed and recommended protocol for coronavirus tests, which have been adopted by major diagnostic centers fighting the pandemic. It is a turnkey product that includes specially developed swabs for environmental hard surface samplings such as door handles, keyboards, food-prep counters, and more.
The kit is intended for all industries and services, transportation and epidemiological monitoring companies, and can be used for testing coronavirus as well as applications beyond the current pandemic, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
George Dimopoulos, professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University says, “We have been using the Hyris bCUBE to run molecular assays for pathogen detection, and it has provided excellent performance, even when compared with much more expensive instrumentation.”
The bCUBE and environmental testing kit are available to purchase now. In addition, says the company, it is working on a new and faster version of the kit, which promises to deliver results in 10 minutes. The estimated launch date for the new kit is October 2020.
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