UCSD and Orange County Company File Emergency Request for COVID-19 Analyzer

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - UC San Diego researchers and Orange County-based medical diagnostic company Fluxergy have taken the next step toward getting a high-speed test for COVID-19 available for use, the company announced today.

Irvine-based Fluxergy submitted an emergency use authorization request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center For Devices and Radiological Health, seeking an authorization that would permit medical professionals to begin using the company's test system as a COVID-19 diagnostic at the point-of-care.

The Fluxergy Analyzer system, which uses microfluidics technology, ha...