Key Tech has a long history of developing complex IVD cartridges and instruments for infectious disease testing. When COVID-19 appeared, it didn’t take long for Key Tech to become involved with many of the world’s leading companies to help innovate and optimize COVID-19 testing platforms. ...
Throughout their development, pharmaceutical devices undergo a rigorous cycle of exploration, design, testing, and iteration to arrive at fully de-risked product architectures. As we have detailed in previous blog posts, Key Tech's approach to this development process includes an initial phase in which candidate device...
To follow up on our original article on Key Sharp (Key#™), we want to examine how Key#™ can be used by your assay team to speed up the chemistry development for an IVD platform. Key#™ is a PC-based software framework Key Tech has developed for the...
Drug delivery devices are becoming smaller and more complex, with increased user interactions and advanced technology integration—which also makes these products more exciting and challenging to build. The first phase of designing a new device involves brainstorming, concept development, and early vetting. The product development team...
LEDs are nearly ubiquitous in modern products. However, as devices continue to shrink in size and increase in complexity, it can often be impossible to locate an LED exactly where you want it in a device. This is where light pipes come into play: they...
Mariano Mumpower recently presented at PODD: Partnerships in Drug Delivery's virtual event on October 8th. His talk outlines the clever, rapid approach Key Tech took to evaluate which batteries and configurations would work for the intended use of a connected drug delivery device. He demonstrates...
The 2020 Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare (HFES) conference took place online this summer. The event was postponed from earlier in the year and transformed from an in-person to an online event due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The effects of the pandemic were...
2020 has certainly had its share of firsts! This year instead of completely canceling our internship program we offered our student interns a virtual month of new learning experiences and mentorship via Zoom. Our interns participated in brainstorming sessions, research, programming, and real project design...
Motors are an essential and growing part of many medical instruments nowadays, especially as designers work to automate much of the workflow to reduce the manual work required by the operator. Devices and instruments are expected to perform tasks such as pulling in and clamping...
If you have ever conducted use evaluations within a product development program, you know how many variables there can be. Sessions vary in scope based on required fidelity of props/stimulus, use environment, number of unique user groups, etc. All of which will influence how successful...