Alentic

Why comprehensive, truly portable testing matters

Moving medical care to the patient, rather than vice versa, results in better healthcare sooner at lower cost. Diagnostic tests are a key component of modern medical care, and certain important tests such as basic blood chemistry and urinalysis can now be run on portable devices near the patient. But until now no truly portable device could carry out a complete blood count (CBC), the most commonly ordered blood test, run hundreds of millions of times every year in the US alone. And no device currently available, portable or not, can carry out the CBC together with immunoassays, immunocytometry and other important diagnostic blood tests rapidly, easily and simultaneously on a single pinprick drop of blood.

Instead, these tests typically require a skilled phlebotomist to fill tubes of blood that must then be sent to a central laboratory for analysis on expensive machines by trained technologists. This process can take many hours or days to return results, and makes the CBC and other in vitro diagnostic tests late, expensive, inconvenient, and simply unavailable in many locales.

Alentic’s technology eliminates this problem. Alentic’s pocket-sized, easy to use devices need no skilled technologists or phlebotomists and yield results in minutes, making key diagnostic tests accessible to anyone, anywhere, whenever and wherever needed.

Introducing the Prospector

Imagine having key diagnostic results ready even before the doctor sees the patient: while the patient is still in the waiting room, in the ambulance, at the triage station, or in the field.

Imagine a truly portable machine:

A pocket-sized device that does the job of blood count machines, flow cytometers, imaging plate readers and other bench-top instruments, simultaneously, on a pinprick volume, with immediate accurate results.

Now stop imagining. It’s here.

Load, Close, and Go

Load the single drop of blood and the single consumable, close the lid, press go.
No calibration, no skilled technologist, minimal maintenance.

Designed for use by anyone, anywhere.

Alentic's Prospector 1.0 provides complete blood counts with 25 parameters and flagging of abnormal cells in under 5 minutes, using just a single drop of blood from a pinprick or venous sample.

Technology

How it works

After precisely controlled incubation with proprietary reagents, Alentic’s revolutionary lensless microscopy technology uses digital image sensors to generate high-resolution multispectral images in seconds over a field of view hundreds of times larger than standard, lens-based, optical microscopes.

These images are rapidly analyzed on the device by microspectrophotometry and advanced artificial intelligence: computational neural networks that classify, count and measure the cellular and chemical constituents of blood.

Alentic technology works where others can’t.

Like in space, where an Alentic device on board the International Space Station is working successfully where standard flow cytometers were tried but failed.

Or on earth, where the Prospector can operate not only in labs, but also in the field, in remote locales, on land, at sea, anywhere.

Features & Benefits

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Feature	Benefit
Portable, Compact, Lightweight and Rugged	Tests can be done in physician offices, clinics, or anywhere they are needed.
Just One Drop of Blood Fingerprick, heel stick or venous. No manual sample prep	No skilled phlebotomist. No needles. No stress.
Unrivalled Speed CBC results in less than 5 minutes	Better workflow, early initiation of appropriate treatment at the point of need.
Multifunctional Platform Technology	Takes the place of blood count machines, fluorescence flow cytometers, plate readers, and more. No more multiple different tubes of blood, repeat trips to the lab, long delays for results, or unnecessary costs.
Easy to Use Intuitive touchscreen interface	Simple process with clear on-screen instructions. No expensive technologists.
Embedded A.I.	Expert-level analysis without dependence on cloud connection.
Wireless Connectivity	Information instantly transmitted wherever needed to benefit patients and health care providers.
Maintenance and Alignment Free Internal self-check	Low cost of operation. Ideal for field deployment.
Dry Reagents	No cold storage needed; long reagent shelf life at ambient temperatures.
Security Self-locking with passcode protection. Integral QR/Barcode scanner	Authorized use only, and only with appropriate reagents.
High Resolution Imaging	Blood smear images of all classified cells.

Platform Capabilities

The Prospector’s proprietary technology permits continuous observation of large numbers of living cells with high spatial and temporal resolution, uniquely enabling an unrivalled arsenal of valuable functional tests not possible even with large, expensive instruments in centralized labs.

About Us

Alentic’s mission is to enable the widest possible range of analyses on a single drop of blood or other fluids, rapidly, easily and economically, wherever needed, anywhere and by anyone.

Alentic Team & Expertise

Alentic has assembled a team of highly qualified personnel with advanced science and engineering degrees and experience.

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Alan Fine

CEO & Founder

Catherine McGuire

Director Quality & Regulatory Affairs

George Pecotic

VP Sales & Business Development

William (Bill) Power

Director Business Operations

Ranga Rankaduwa

Director of Program Management

Madeline Baldissera

Mechanical Engineer

Yulia Chaikin

Senior Project Manager

Longyan (Larry) Chen

Scientist

Natalia Faustova

Office Manager

Alexander Goroshkov

Technician

Lana Greene

Scientist

Paul Hollensen

Lead Computer Science

Ghulam Jalani

Senior Scientist

Graeme Koivu

Nanoscience Engineer

Kwangwon (Andy) Lee

Lead Designer

Amanda (Mandy) Mitton

Technologist

Teresa Reese

Technologist

Justin Tom

Scientist

Chad Murphy

Electrical Engineer

Partners

News

February 22, 2021

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February 7, 2021

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May 13, 2019

Analyze This: Space Station Facility Enables Rapid Biomedical Analysis

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Featured image for Bio-Analyzer: Near-real-time biomedical results from space to Earth

May 9, 2019

Alentic technology works where others can’t.