Across life science and medical industries, it’s extremely common to see products with a durable instrument interfacing with one or more cartridges. Modern diagnostic devices regularly support unique assays that must be identified correctly per test. Similarly, pharma and drug delivery consumables look to track...
Lasers have powered a wide array of useful applications over the past 50 years, and recently their use in the medical and life sciences fields has been on the rise. Lasers are an effective way to transfer energy to a precise location while maintaining mechanical...
Debugging intermittent failures in any instrument is difficult. However, the task becomes even more challenging when the instrument is a medical device that interfaces directly with a patient’s body. Every patient’s anatomy is different, so how do you identify what parameters have the greatest impact...
At Key Tech, we are obsessed with users. Who are they and what is their background or level of training? What are their needs, limitations, and frustrations with their current workflow? What pain or illness are they suffering from? And how can we design products...
At Key Tech, we are used to working on novel, cutting-edge technologies, and devices that are the first of their kind. However, sometimes our clients need help creating a product in an already busy market. This was the case on a recent project that I...
Parallel consumable and instrument development is required to hit key milestones during fast-paced development programs. As the consumable complexity increases to meet the ever-growing demand of complex assay/chemistry processing or more data-driven medical devices, the instrument/consumable interface also grows in complexity and is typically a...
A majority of electronic diagnostic, life science, and medical devices are still wall-powered, despite the leaps taken in battery technology over the last two decades. Inevitably these devices will employ some sort of AC/DC converter and likely further DC/DC conversion to power all the circuits...
After many years of product development and the numbers and accolades to prove it – we’ve put together a concise list of a few best practices for developing a solid product requirements set. A product requirements set is the backbone of a successful product development...
“Blood is thicker than water” the old saying goes. There’s truth in that adage, especially when it comes to designing and running de-risking experiments of blood processing systems. Whole blood is a two-phase fluid, comprised of both cells and plasma. Under pressure, it’s fickle and unpredictable....
Of the many ways that COVID-19 is changing the world around us, it emphasized a need for connected patient monitoring devices that require minimal clinician involvement. Whether you look at the Phillips BX100 Biosensor, Enfucell Wearable Temperature Tag, or Ontex smart adult diapers they all...