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Babson Diagnostics Develops Hand-Warming Device to Support Collection of High-Quality Capillary Blood Samples

Babson Diagnostics, a science-first healthcare technology company, today announced the newest innovation in its BetterWay™ blood testing ecosystem has completed validation testing. The company created a unique hand-warming technology specifically designed to support the… Read More >

Babson Diagnostics Develops Hand-Warming Device to Support Collection of High-Quality Capillary Blood Samples

Babson Diagnostics Develops Hand-Warming Device to Support Collection of High-Quality Capillary Blood Samples ·       Babson collaborated with the University of Texas at Austin on a prototype design ·       Babson completes validation of hand warmer as part of BetterWay™… Read More >

Austin startup's blood testing system to launch this summer

Some pharmacy customers in Austin and San Antonio will soon have the option to get routine blood tests with just a prick of the finger. Driving the news: Austin-based health care technology startup Babson Diagnostics announced Thursday that it will launch its blood testing… Read More >

Babson Diagnostics founder prepares to launch innovative blood testing product

Blood tests are part of almost any medical examination, but it's often less than convenient to get on the schedule, find the testing center and get them done. Babson Diagnostics is a health care technology company based in Austin that has developed a new method of… Read More >

Blood tests? Aisle 3: FDA greenlights BD & Babson’s fingertip collection system aimed at pharmacies, grocery stores

Theranos had a lot of bad ideas, but making blood draws smaller and easier wasn’t necessarily one of them. A decade after the now-defunct blood-testing startup emerged from stealth, BD has now claimed an FDA clearance for fingerstick collection hardware that aims to bring… Read More >

Babson Diagnostics’ BetterWay™ Blood Testing Service Achieves Critical Milestone Ahead of Commercialization

Austin, Texas — Babson Diagnostics™, a science-first, healthcare technology company, today announced that a key piece of its BetterWay™ Blood Testing ecosystem has achieved 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These regulatory clearances pave the way… Read More >

Trends Driving Innovation in Blood Sample Collection, Preparation

The laboratory side of diagnostic blood testing has achieved extraordinary efficiency and precision through automation. I spent the majority of my career developing the analyzers, assays, and large-scale automation systems that run in clinical laboratories today and are… Read More >

Theranos 2.0: The fingertip blood test that may actually work — this time

David Stein tells a familiar story. His start-up has invented a device that, with blood from a single finger prick, can run dozens of blood tests and free millions of people from their terror of needles. The $50 billion medical diagnostics business, and, by extension,… Read More >

It's High Time to Normalize Pre-Visit Lab Testing

In today’s rapidly changing health care landscape, clinicians are under increasing pressure to improve health outcomes and to enhance the patient experience. It’s a daunting challenge for medical practices in the face of endless administrative burdens and a growing shortage… Read More >

Babson Diagnostics is making reimagined blood testing a reality

Babson Diagnostics Inc. has line of sight for the commercial launch of its Betterway blood testing ecosystem, which is a less invasive way of taking blood and requires only one-tenth of the sample volume of venipuncture without sacrificing quality or accuracy. The company… Read More >