Microvisk Technologies Ltd.

This is a prospective, single-center study in healthy volunteers to establish a PT/INR reference interval for the Microvisk International Normalized Ratio (INR) Test System. The primary objective of this study is to establish the reference interval for the measurement of prothrombin time (PT/INR) using the Microvisk INR Test System. The second objective is to evaluate the safety of the device.

This study is to further develop and optimise the design and manufacturing process of a handheld device to monitor and manage Warfarin (blood thinning anticoagulation drug) therapy. The device comprises of a handheld instrument and a disposable test strip and reports how blood coagulation is working in terms of standardised units called International Normalised Ratio (INR). A single drop of fresh whole blood and plasma will be added to the strip and the INR result displayed on the instrument. Blood samples are to be collected from patients attending a hospital based INR clinic who are on Warfarin Therapy. The samples are to be used in a series of experiments in the laboratory to test the Microvisk POC INR Monitors accuracy, precision, stability and robustness.