FDA authorizes device to screen asymptomatic people for certain SARS-CoV-2 biomarkers
The Food and Drug Administration Friday an armband device that screens people without COVID-19 symptoms for certain potential SARS-CoV-2 biomarkers, such as excessive blood clotting.
The agency authorized the Tiger Tech COVID Plus Monitor for use in settings conducting temperature checks in accordance with infection control guidelines.
When combined with temperature checks, the new screening device 鈥渃ould help identify individuals who may be infected with the virus, thus helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in a wide variety of public settings, including healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, theme parks, stadiums and airports,鈥 Jeff Shuren, M.D., director of FDA鈥檚 Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
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