Touch Activated Phlebotomy™ (TAP) is Seventh Sense Biosystems’ proprietary technology that enables blood to be drawn through a painless, one-step process by almost anyone, anywhere, anytime. TAP’s universal, scalable design holds the potential to not only expand the reach and effectiveness of blood collection to hard-to-sample populations and difficult settings — like infants and children or emergency rooms — but also to improve the safety and ease of collection for all patients, thereby enhancing care and enabling better diagnostics.
Automatic Blood Collection Device
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The TAP system penetrates the uppermost layers of skin and uses a proprietary microfluidic extraction process to transfer blood to a collection reservoir for sampling and analysis. TAP’s unique and intuitive design can be integrated into a broad range of products across a wide spectrum of diagnostic applications.
Future platforms in development include a disposable, fully integrated sample and test system, which helps avoid both handling and contamination risks associated with typical sample transfers, as well as a device that can be directly interfaced with handheld or benchtop instruments.
The TAP platform was recognized by The Edison Awards™ in 2011 for its innovation, creativity and ingenuity, receiving the Gold Medal Award in the Science and Medicine – Diagnostic Aids Segment.