IVD Technology

July/August 1998
Selected Contents

Cover Story: The promise of miniaturized clinical diagnostic systems
by Kurt Petersen, William McMillan, Gregory Kovacs, Allen Northrup, Lee Christel, and Farzad Pourahmadi

Flow-through technologies may offer a solution to problems of scale and sample preparation in microfluidic devices.

RAMP: A quantitative immunoassay platform takes shape
by Joanne Stephenson

Overcoming the limitations of traditional immunoassays is the goal of a new system devised by Response Biomedical.

Coagulation testing Part 1: Current methods and challenges
by David G.M. Carville and Kirk E. Guyer

Next-generation analyzers may achieve every acknowledged customer need, but the final steps to successful market introduction could prove hardest of all.

Regulations and Standards: Reformulating the Medicare coverage determination process
by Stephen Northrup

For its reviews of medical technologies, HCFA should take a page from the technology assessment experts at FDA.