Breath Diagnostics

Exhaled breath is an ideal non-invasive medium for any diagnostic test. It is more convenient, efficient and cost-effective than blood and urine-based testing systems, allowing real-time or near-instantaneous results delievered at the point of need. Unlike blood, urine, saliva, sweat and other bodily fluids, exhaled breath is readily available for non-invasive sampling on a continuous basis. The collection of breath samples is straightforward and painless: no specimen has to be sent to a laboratory, no waiting for results, no complicated steps, or mixing or handling of fluids. In addition, there is no risk of tampering or masking the results of a breath sample. In many ways, breath-based testing is superior to conventional blood and urine sampling.

Xhale is committed to developing breath-based diagnostic tests to replace conventional blood and urine-based tests. Xhale's research has shown that not only can many blood-based substances be identified in the breath, but the concentration of those substances in the breath may be correlated with the concentration in the blood. Hence, in these cases, Xhale believes it will be possible to replace both qualitative (identification of a marker or substance) and quantitative (level of the substance) blood-based tests with breath-based tests.

With the advent of breath-based diagnostic tests, easy and pain-free point-of-care testing will become a reality, and Xhale is dedicated to developing these tests for numerous applications.