Launch of Capitainer® B Vanadate, a blood sampling card that eliminates the risk of inaccurate test results when analyzing PEth.
Stockholm, Sweden, October 12, 2021. Swedish medtech scaleup Capitainer today announced the launch of its proprietary patent pending blood sampling card, Capitainer B Vanadate for accurate analysis of PEth, a key marker for long term alcohol use/abuse.
Dried Blood Spot (DBS) sampling has been proposed as a method to solve the problem of post sampling formation of PEth occurring in traditional venous blood samples. However, the hematocrit effect gives negative impact on the accuracy due to uncertainty of the blood volume in DBS. Capitainer B Vanadate solves both problems in the same device