DISPOSITIVO PORTATIL DE MONITORIZACION DE LA COAGULACION Y METODO DE EVALUACION DE LA RESPUESTA DE COAGULACION

SE DESCRIBE UN DISPOSITIVO, SISTEMA Y METODO EN EL CUAL MUESTRAS DE SANGRE DE VOLUMEN PEQUEÑO SE SOMETEN A FUERZAS DE CIZALLADURA Y ESFUERZOS DE CIZALLADURA ENTRE DOS SUPERFICIES PLANAS A LAS CUALES SE IMARTEN TRAYECTORIAS DE MOVIMIENTO LINEALES. A device, system and method is disclosed in which small volume blood samples are subjected to shear forces and shear stresses between two parallel planar surfaces to which linear motion trajectories are imparted. The formation of clots or coagulation of the sample is measured from dynamic mechanical coupling which occurs between the two parallel planar surfaces. Detection of the coagulation response can be achieved through optical probing or by measurement of physical effects of the blood sample binding to the planar surfaces, and restricting movement thereof.