Diagnostic equipment is a form of medical equipment used to diagnose various medical conditions, ranging from a simple otoscope for examining ears, to a complicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. Although medical diagnostic equipment is making advanced technological strides, there are still development challenges organizations are facing. The failure of these products is one of the most serious types of medical equipment failure due to its importance in properly diagnosing a patient and ensuring correct treatment.
The Challenge:
Accuracy and consistency of mechanics: A small mechanical error can cause costly, and even life-threatening, results. Often times a diagnostic machine takes a human sample (blood, saliva, etc.) and places it to be scanned and analyzed. If the positioning of this sample is off, even by a minuscule amount, the results of the test can be wrong or invalid. .png?width=1200&height=300&name=IVD%20lab%20sample%20reading%20(1).png)
The Solution:
Many diagnostic products rely heavily on mechanical performance and reliability. To achieve this, thought must go not only into the system design, but also materials and components, testing and analysis, and even design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA). System design and development (including component/material choices) is the most crucial phase for diagnostic equipment success. A loose design will not comply with regulatory needs to make it to market - even if it manages to pass, it will not be reliable, and therefore fail in the field.
Boston Engineering specializes in mechanical engineering services, dynamic motion engineering, robotics, mechanism design, and mechanical engineering. Reliability and precision are the essential to mechanical design of medical devices, specifically optics. Positioning, automation, timing, etc. are requirements to make sure a sample is read and analyzed correctly.
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that otherwise can be too costly or time prohibitive. Engineers can design, build, program, and test custom embedded hardware and control systems to assist in your product development process. Boston Engineering's cross-functional team of engineers can advise, direct, and manage your project, including all aspects of electronics, firmware, and packaging/mechanical integration.
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For almost three decades, Boston Engineering has designed, developed, and optimized devices and technologies the medical community relies on to save lives, enrich quality of life, and reduce costs to the healthcare system. We provide solutions to the challenges in the development of medical diagnostic equipment.
Our expertise includes industrial design and product redesign, sensors and control systems, robotics technical innovation, and digital software solutions.
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