Services Provided:
Concept development, hardware design, software design, user interface, prototyping, supply chain development, safety certification, value engineering, New Product Introduction, regulatory submission
Key Technologies:
- Developed a semi-automatic automated Mixer, Spinner, Reader (MSR) device to enable processing of the disposable reagent cartridge
- Rugged, battery-powered unit
- Motion control and automation
- Electromechanical interlocks for safety
- Complex mechanism designs
- Mixer had precision orbital motion
- Complex spinner mechanism using multi-action sliding mechanism
- Optical magnification design for the Reader
- Designed the instrument using D&K’s Product Realization Process
Business Outcomes:
Successful field trials in Africa, delivering flow-cytometry equivalent T4 cell count at Point-of-Care, and at a fraction of the cost and processing time
