Thanks to the cooperation of the Lodz University of Technology with the Angionica spin-off company, a unique medical device AngioExpert was created for the non-invasive diagnosis of vascular disorders.

The device is based on the use of an innovative method developed by scientists from the Lodz University of Technology and the Jagiellonian University. The authors of Flow Mediated Skin Fluorescence (FMSF) are professors Jerzy Gębicki and Andrzej Marcinek from the Faculty of Chemistry of TUL and prof. med. Stefan Chłopicki from Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University.

The test method is based on the measurement of changes in the NADH fluorescence intensity in the skin of the forearm in response to the forced stoppage and release of blood flow. Since these changes depend on the supply of oxygen to the epidermis with the participation of cutaneous microcirculation, the use of the FMSF technique is a unique tool for monitoring the state of microcirculation – explains Prof. Andrzej Marcinek.

This innovative technique has already been patented in Poland, EU, USA, Canada, China, Japan, Australia and Russia.