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The lab can draw the blood, and mail off the Shield blood tubes to Guardant, while keeping the other blood tubes that local lab is running.

Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The entire process takes about two minutes.

Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The process takes about two minutes and has a 95% success rate on the first attempt.

Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The entire process takes about two minutes.

The device has the potential to make blood draws more efficient, while helping health systems deal with a shortage of phlebotomists.

"Seeing is believing," the founder of lab company Truvian told me. So I tried its tabletop blood testing device—which promises results in 30 minutes—for myself.