22 Feb Managing Blood When Evaluating Consumable / Durable Medical Devices
“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....
20 Mar When and How to use Functional Ultrasound in an Instrument
It’s been said around Key Tech that ultrasound is my thing. I can’t deny it, I am drawn to ultrasonic applications because they require careful attention to a spectrum of disciplines I enjoy: acoustic, mechanical and materials, electrical and software design. Ignoring just one is likely...
05 Feb 5 Best Practices to Managing Bubbles in Microfluidics
It feels like no matter the project, if fluidics are involved, the topic of bubbles pops back up. Lab-on-a-chip is a growing industry, and miniaturizing a fluidic system comes with a unique set of bubble challenges. When down at the microfluidic scale, a bubble has...
11 Dec The Future of Product Development
To say the world moves faster every day seems like the ultimate cliché. Haven’t generations upon generations made this same observation? We stand in the present, looking back upon times when the technology felt slower, progress more relatable, and looking forward, we feel an acceleration,...
11 Sep Challenges Associated with Integrating Microfabricated Chips in Diagnostic Systems
Smaller devices, desirable for so many practical reasons, enable use at the point of care, and in certain cases, at home with the patient, or out in the field, when used in lab-on-a-chip devices. These devices are growing in demand in the market, as is...
15 Dec Holiday Cocktail Conversation
If a medical device processes a patient sample, then it is almost guaranteed that the sample will have to be mixed at some point with various reagents which help process the assay. And though James Bond may have had strong feelings on the proper way...