Fast.
99 ± 6 minutes for Enterobacterales and Acinetobacter spp.; 141 ± 6 minutes for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Measured from cartridge loading to susceptibility results.
Simple.
The sample preparation step is simple and takes less than one minute. No inoculum standardization needed.
Phenotypic.
Our computer vision models determine susceptibility and resistance based on imaging how single cells respond to an antibiotic.
The scale of the problem
Bloodstream infections are common, expensive, and increasingly resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them.
1.7 million1
adults in the United States develop sepsis each year (data: 2009–2014).
$60 billion2
in aggregate costs made septicemia the single most expensive condition treated in U.S. hospitals in 2022.
1.14 million3
deaths worldwide in 2021 were directly attributable to bacterial antimicrobial resistance.
- Rhee C, Dantes R, Epstein L, et al. Incidence and Trends of Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical vs Claims Data, 2009–2014. JAMA 2017;318(13):1241–1249. (opens in a new tab)
- National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2022. HCUP Statistical Brief #316, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (opens in a new tab)
- GBD 2021 Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050. Lancet 2024;404(10459):1199–1226. (opens in a new tab)