Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ABT recently announced the receipt of the FDA approval for the i-STAT TBI (traumatic brain injury) cartridge. The test runs on Abbott's portable i-STAT Alinity instrument, ...
The test measures glial fibrillary acidic protein and ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1, biomarkers present in blood plasma at elevated concentrations after a brain injury. The Food and Drug ...
Abbott said its 15-minute, hand-held blood test could help rule out the need for imaging scans to check for tissue damage in the 24 hours following a possible concussion or traumatic brain injury.