The Rapid MiniLab™

Our client asked:

Our client wanted a clinical instrument and consumable that would enable their prototype technology to be commercially exploited in the growing Point of Care market.

The project story:

Working closely with Rapid Diagnostics, Sagentia Medical undertook extensive technical development of core IP components to both improve and protect the technology. It was important to develop and agree the product specifications which required considerable effort in benchmarking, technology landscape research and mathematical modelling.

Sagentia Medical’s software, electronics and engineering teams worked closely together on concept generation of system architectures, which resulted in the successful integration of industrial and technical design requirements in both the system and its complex, yet easy to use, multi-well consumable.

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Results: deliverables and outcomes

• The Rapid MiniLab™ has a “Sample in Results Out” capability using on-board sample preparation

• The system has universally accepted industrial design

• The MiniLab offers versatility through its expandable functionality which enables rapid PoC scale up to meet customers’ needs and changing demand

• The team ensured that the cost of the system consumable was competitive

• The PoC system delivers results equivalent to central laboratory standards and went on to achieve conformity with the requirements of the IVD Directive 98/79/EC for CE Marking

“Sagentia Medical became an extension of our team. They were extremely competent and confident in the detailed science. They stived to get ever better results out of the design knowing that this would be a key market differentiator.”