Medicortex’s aim is to develop an easy-to-use, non-invasive, point-of-injury test based on a biomarker found in one of the body fluids. Ideally, the test could be applied within minutes of the initial insult.

A biomarker diagnostic test for TBI may be of use in identifying individuals with TBI who are at risk of secondary brain injury and therefore require increased surveillance, or for those individuals with mild TBI who otherwise may remain undiagnosed and untreated. A diagnostic test can also be applied in cases where there are no external signs of injury, for example for soldiers exposed to blast or explosion injuries.  

The TBI diagnostic quick test Medicortex is developing will be the first biomarker-based test using a non-invasive sample of body fluid approved by regulatory agencies for the diagnosis or prognosis of TBI immediately after injury. Compared to the main state-of-the-art approach, i.e. brain imaging, the Medicortex test provides a reliable result rapidly and cost effectively and does not require medical professionals to interpret the result.  It can be used at the POC (point-of-care), for example, in emergency response situations such as traffic accidents, sports injuries or military activity. This means that even mild TBI will not go undiagnosed.

Key Benefits of the Medicortex Test:

• Quick: Medicortex test provides a definitive result shortly after dipping it into saliva or urine, without the need for specialized labs and the related waiting time.
• Reliable: Based on our clinical studies, the reliability is very high. The increased accuracy can help diagnose even mild cases of TBI.
• Inexpensive: Since no trained staff or laboratory equipment is needed, unlike in the state-of-the-art methods, the test is low cost.
• Reduces unnecessary expensive CT/MRI scans: The current gold standard for the diagnosis of TBI are imaging techniques that are expensive. Plus, most hospitals only have one or very few of the imaging machines.
• Easy to interpret: The result is as simple to interpret as in a pregnancy test. Positive stands for the presence of TBI and negative for no brain injury.
• Eliminate the “silent” from the epidemic: Ideally, Medicortex test can be used in routine checks at the general practitioners or when being admitted to the emergency room. That way anyone with even mild TBI is aware of their condition.

Please look at our video about detecting sport concussions: 
https://youtu.be/-SPA_PwT-a4

The following video presents the use of the Medicortex test kit for the detection of concussion in children and in sports: https://youtu.be/p1kYkg9-gJ4

The video presents the use of the Medicortex test kit for the detection of concussion in army personnel: https://youtu.be/R5HCAcy-tWM

The video shows how repeated concussions affect your brain: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxAl2gRy7gY