Concept · sexual health

Twelve infections. One visit.

Sexually transmitted infections are often silent, and testing for them usually means several samples, several lab tests and a call back days later, if the person comes back at all. A two-strip crystal panel could test a swab and a finger-prick together and give answers before the person leaves.

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Illustration

Try it · two strips, two samples

Local infections. Blood-borne infections.

Strip A reads a swab or urine sample for the common bacterial and local infections. Strip B reads a finger-prick for infections carried in the blood. A clinic can run either strip alone, or a one- or two-line strip for a single question such as an HIV check.

Strip A · 6 linesLocal infections

From a swab or urine: antigen tests for the infections most often missed.

Chlamydia–

Gonorrhea–

Trichomonas–

M. genitalium–

HSV-2–

Syphilis (treponemal)–

Strip B · 6 linesBlood-borne infections

From a finger-prick: antibodies and antigens in the blood.

HIV-1/2 antibody–

HIV p24 antigen–

Hepatitis B sAg–

Hepatitis B core Ab–

Hepatitis C antibody–

Syphilis (active)–

Illustration with invented values relative to each marker's cutoff (white line). Panel is a design target and would require clinical validation and regulatory clearance.

Why it matters

The test is easy. Coming back is hard.

Many people tested for STIs never return for their results. A same-visit answer means same-visit treatment, fewer onward infections and less burden on clinics.

Clinics

Same-visit treatment

Results during the appointment, not days later.

Outreach

Mobile and community testing

A compact reader in a van, a school clinic or an event.

Prenatal

Mother-to-child

Syphilis, HIV and hepatitis B screened together at the first visit.

Programs

Global health

The same field reader approach already used for leprosy and TB.

2 × 6two strips, six lines each

1 · 2 · 6markers per strip, as the test needs

12fixed lasers, one per line, no scanning

One format for every test →

Partners wanted

Twelve infections. Answers before goodbye.

We are looking for sexual-health, public-health and diagnostics partners to develop and validate the two-strip panel.

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All diagnostics programs

One reporter. People, animals and the environment.

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Intelligent Material Solutions invents the crystals and holds the intellectual property; NovaVera Corp. makes and sells them under an exclusive license. The field-proven lateral-flow tests are for research use only. Everything marked in development or concept is not a cleared medical, veterinary or environmental test; any product would need validation and, where required, regulatory clearance.