SEASUN BIOMATERIALS PROVIDES ON-SITE COVID-19 RAPID MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM TO SNU CAMPUS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 (Bernama) -- SEASUN BIOMATERIALS has made its molecular diagnostic system ‘4S’ (SEASUNBIO SMART SHIELD SYSTEM) available at the Seoul National University (SNU) campus.

The 4S on-site diagnostic system is a mobile molecular-laboratory equipped with negative pressure rooms and self-powered equipment for molecular diagnostics intended for rapid molecular examination and prevention of infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

The entire procedure of COVID-19 diagnostics takes less than an hour which consists of filling out a brief questionnaire, sample collection, nucleic acid extraction, molecular detection and sending report results to customers' mobile phones.

Since January, SEASUN BIOMATERIALS’ AQ-TOP Plus has been used for COVID-19 detection in the 'COVID-19 Test Center' established at Incheon International Airport with the results reported within two hours.

According to a statement, SEASUN BIOMATERIALS has two diagnostic platforms of COVID-19 diagnostics, U-TOP COVID-19 and AQ-TOP COVID-19 Series.

All COVID-19 related products of SEASUN BIOMATERIALS used in the 4S system have been officially approved by the MFDS, certified ‘Brand K’, CE-IVD marking and authorised under EUA from the US FDA, and have been exported globally since the first wave.

-- BERNAMA