CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
April 2022—Roche announced the launch of the Cobas Pulse system, the company’s newest generation of connected POC solutions for professional blood glucose management, in select countries accepting the CE mark.
The system is for use in all professional care settings, including intensive care, and with patients of all ages, including neonates. It is free from interferences and features an easy-to-clean and robust design equipped for 12,000 cycles of cleaning and disinfection. The system features an illuminated glucose strip port, wireless charging, an embedded camera for multiple uses, and secure RFID badging. It is equipped with digital health applications, based on the Android operating system, that perform a range of clinically valuable functions from clinical decision support to measuring vital signs and digital biomarkers. The Roche-selected apps are enabled by a digital platform called Smart, which is the newest module of the Cobas Infinity Edge suite of software solutions.