Nobel BioCare, the world’s largest manufacturer of dental implants, engaged to re-think their current implant packaging. The objective was to consolidate the variety of packaging resulting from a recent acquisition and automate the packaging and labeling process at each manufacturing facility. Our solution cut Nobel Biocare’s production costs by 96%. Nobel was previously using several different opaque injection molded packages and… Continue Reading »
Case Studies
POC Drug Monitoring System
Learn about Omnica The PaperSpray Ambient Ionization system™ can rapidly analyze complex samples including whole blood in 3 to 5 minutes with no sample preparation. The automated system was developed by Purdue University and Omnica for use in the clinical laboratory and other research applications. The platform was developed to analyze minimal sample volumes of… Continue Reading »
Waterproof Handheld Device Design
Waterproofing a product can be a difficult goal to achieve. Waterproof products create unique design challenges development of a waterproof enclosure is not an intuitive process. If you haven’t been successful at doing it before, it is very difficult to execute successfully. Waterproofing was only one of the challenges A careful look at the design… Continue Reading »
Non-invasive Breast Cancer Screening System
After more than fifty years of research, it is now recognized that virtually all breast cancers begin in the breast milk ducts. Clinical studies have also confirmed the ability to detect early cellular changes within the breast ducts — similar to the Pap test detection of early cervical cellular changes — through analysis of nipple… Continue Reading »
Baby Kick Monitor
The kickTrak™ kick counter is a handheld device our design and engineering team developed for a physician who wants to make a difference. Generally, projects proposed to us by private individuals are not a good fit for our team. The product development process can be overwhelming. Burden of the time requirement for effective project management… Continue Reading »
Biotoxin E.coli Detection Device
Innovative magnetic detection technology brings quicker assays to the laboratory bench. Our entire Electronics and Advanced Services departments were involved in the software development, circuitry design, troubleshooting, and the problem-solving challenges that occurred during development. For this article we interviewed Paul Gleason, a member of that group. Projects that are a technical challenge, and solve… Continue Reading »
Historical Project List
We have developed products for the medical, commercial, and consumer markets for thirty-five years, and have probably worked on a project that has elements in common with the product design challenge you are facing now. Our past and present CLIENTS are our best referrals. Keep in mind that we are bound by confidentiality agreements and cannot publish all… Continue Reading »