Medtech contract manufacturing giant Phillips-Medisize used its human-factors product design expertise to help startup Sotech Health create what the companies claim is a breath sensor system that can detect COVID-19 in less than 30 seconds.
Dallas-based Sotech Health has submitted the device to the FDA for an emergency use authorization. It’s also seeking regulatory nods in Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Phillips-Medisize (Hudson, Wisconsin) is readying its global production facilities to keep pace with the anticipated demand for the Sotech Health breath analyzer. A Molex company, Phillips-Medisize has 36 facilities worldwide.
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