Portable test for Covid-19 produces results in 12 minutes
A portable testing device which provides results within only 12 minutes using antigen and antibody test methods is based on a PCB made by AT&S.
The test which can be applied to verify a potential infection in high risk patients and people with symptoms, is claimed to be the fastest and most sensitive Covid-19 antigen test available to date.
The device provides results of antigen tests with an accuracy of more than 97 per cent, which is very close to the much more expensive and elaborate polymerise chain reaction (PCR) tests. “The challenge in the development of such diagnostic devices is that they have to be portable and should not be much bigger than a smartphone,” Volker Hofmann, director of sales (Medical) at AT&S, explains. “That is why miniaturisation is required for printed circuit boards in order to fit a large number of functionalities onto very little space”.
AT&S CEO, Andreas Gerstenmayer added: “Our colleagues have once again proven that, based on our technology portfolio, they are able to develop customised, application-specific, high-tech, printed circuit board solutions within a very short period of time and to get these solutions ready for series production,” he said.
AT&S switched its production over to manufacturing PCBs for ventilators in Nanjangud, India, earlier this year.
AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik manufactures PCBs and IC substrates. Its core business segments are Mobile Devices & Substrates, Automotive, Industrial and Medical.
AT&S has a global presence with production sites in Austria (Leoben, Fehring) and plants in India (Nanjangud), China (Shanghai, Chongqing) and South Korea (Ansan near Seoul).
