TRINAMIC的步進電機控制模塊可以幫助對抗瘧疾

　　瘧疾是世界上最致命的傳染病。常見的熱帶地區(qū)的亞洲，非洲和南美洲，治療瘧疾是有效的，如果早期診斷。標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的瘧疾測試需要通過一個訓(xùn)練有素的技術(shù)人員在顯微鏡下對血液樣本進行目視檢查，以確認(rèn)瘧疾寄生蟲的存在、數(shù)量和類型。僅在印度每年就進行超過1億7500萬次瘧疾測試。

　　Sight Diagnostics， an Israeli start--up， developed a unique diagnostic technology that offers significant improvement over human microscopy for malaria detection. Using patent--pending image processing and advanced algorithms， Sight Diagnostic’s Parasight Platform? identifies， enumerates and characterizes malaria-suspect blood samples faster， and more consistently， than a human technician.

　　Sight Diagnostics turned to stepper motor specialist Trinamic Motor Control as a key supplier for its Parasight Platform. An autonomous diagnostic system the size of a coffee maker， the Parasight Platform accepts thirty individual blood samples in a loading tray， examining each sample under a digital imaging lens.

　　The current Parasight Platform design uses four stepper motors：

　　Two stepper motors move the sample slide through a predetermined X/Y search grid to complete a thorough assay of the blood sample under test.

　　A third stepper motor controls the Z--axis image focus mechanism.

　　The fourth stepper motor manages the feed conveyor for the multi-sample load tray.