Clients have worked with our team to launch a variety of medical device and biotech projects, including surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and blood lab automation equipment.
Surgical
- Extracorporeal blood pump system
- Organ transport disposable
Diagnostics
- Portable in vitro diagnostic (IVD) blood analyzer
- Thermal control system for denaturing DNA
- Process analysis and conceptual system design for novel cancer diagnostic assay
- Systems engineering for a chemiluminescent immunoassay diagnostic device
Therapeutics
- Industrial design for artificial organ manufacturing process
- Device design for therapeutic protein harvesting and purification
Blood Lab Automation
- Multi-year/Multi-stage product development effort for transfused blood safety
- Automated blood collection and separation (aphaeresis)
- Transfused platelets and plasma safety
Design Mentor also collaborates on non-medical projects. We’ve worked with clients and applied our expertise to:
- Improve fluid management and fluid handling subsystems
- Optimize design of beverage mixing and dispensing machine
- Perform competitive analysis and expert testimony for patent litigation defense
- Assess burn patient treatment technology for strategic acquisition
- Provide project management and quality system services