Development of tools for high performance biospecimen collection to serve COVID-19 pandemic

The aim of this research and development project is to design and develop new tools using 3D printing and injection molding technologies for reliable collection of biospecimen for the use with diagnostic kits and point-of-care devices capable of diagnosis of COVID-19. The developed sample collection tools will be eventually delivered to Shapetry Labs Inc. to evaluate their clinical and safety performance and to help managing COVID-19. Once integrated with digital monitoring system, these tools can be used for self-collection of biospecimen at home or remote settings, helping to contain the spread of the disease.

Faculty Supervisor:

Seyed Hossein Hejazi

Student:

Milad Azarmanesh;Mohsen Janmaleki;Pouria Goldasteh;Hossein Khorshidian

Partner:

Shapetry

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary