{"id":70,"date":"2026-10-06T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darron.ch\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-10-12T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:23:19","slug":"helitest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/darron.ch\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"HeliTest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"dn\">\n<div class=\"night stage\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <nav class=\"crumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"\/#pipeline\">Pipeline<\/a><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span><a href=\"\/#families\">EurekaDx<\/a><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span><span aria-current=\"page\">HeliTest<\/span><\/nav>\n  <\/div>\n  <section class=\"prod-hero\" style=\"padding-top:28px\">\n    <div class=\"wrap grid\">\n      <div class=\"prod-copy\">\n        <div class=\"label\">EurekaDx \u00b7 Advanced diagnostics<\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"display\">HeliTest<\/h1>\n        <p class=\"tag\">An H. pylori breath test for home and pharmacy use.<\/p>\n        <p class=\"body\">Breath-test instruments for H. pylori today are benchtop devices: too expensive for consumers, and run by trained staff. HeliTest is designed to be small enough to use at home, simple enough to run with three buttons, and priced in line with over-the-counter medical devices.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"actions\">\n          <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"\/#contact\">Discuss a pilot or partnership<\/a>\n          <a class=\"btn btn-ghost\" href=\"\/\">Back to overview<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <aside class=\"facts\" aria-label=\"HeliTest at a glance\">\n        <div class=\"label\">At a glance<\/div>\n        <dl>\n          <div class=\"f\"><dt>Family<\/dt><dd>EurekaDx<\/dd><\/div>\n          <div class=\"f\"><dt>Regulatory route<\/dt><dd>IVDR<\/dd><\/div>\n          <div class=\"f\"><dt>Expected class<\/dt><dd>Class C<\/dd><\/div>\n          <div class=\"f\"><dt>Setting<\/dt><dd>Home and pharmacy<\/dd><\/div>\n          <div class=\"f\"><dt>Stage<\/dt><dd>Portable demonstrator in development<\/dd><\/div>\n          <div class=\"f\"><dt>Availability<\/dt><dd>Not CE-marked, not for sale<\/dd><\/div>\n        <\/dl>\n      <\/aside>\n      <figure class=\"beam\" style=\"margin-inline:0\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 1200 112\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Illustrative absorption spectrum, drawn once\"><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"0\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"1200\" y2=\"104\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"0\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"0\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"100\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"100\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"200\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"200\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"300\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"300\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"400\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"400\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"500\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"500\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"600\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"600\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"700\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"700\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"800\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"800\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"900\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"900\" y2=\"110\"\/><line class=\"axis\" x1=\"1000\" y1=\"104\" x2=\"1000\" 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<li><b>Performance evaluation<\/b><span>Including clinical performance, required under IVDR<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><b>Conformity assessment<\/b><span>By a notified body, Class C<\/span><\/li>\n      <\/ol>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section id=\"principle\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <div class=\"section-head\">\n        <div class=\"label\">Measurement principle<\/div>\n        <h2 class=\"h2\">How a breath test can read light.<\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"wt\">\n        <figure class=\"wt-fig\" aria-label=\"Animated diagram of an optical breath measurement\">\n          <svg viewBox=\"0 0 560 400\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"A breath sample flows into a cell; a laser beam crosses the cell to a detector; the detected signal shows absorption dips at specific wavelengths; the sample then flows out.\">\n            <path class=\"tube\" d=\"M150 26 V100 M420 100 V26\"\/>\n            <text x=\"162\" y=\"36\">Breath in<\/text>\n            <text 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