Co-founder Sam Cochran directed design for an award-winning diagnostic tool for use by doctors in underdeveloped regions where access to laboratory facilities is inconsistent or nonexistent.  The device, designed under Prof. Samuel Sia of Columbia University, uses microfluidics to test for an array of diseases, including sexually-transmitted infections and was field-tested in cooperation with the Rwandan Government.

(image via MIT Technology Review)

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