Product Development &
Engineering
Transforming ideas into market-ready solutions – together.
Together with our partners, we develop tailored solutions for diagnostic, life sciences, and medical applications — delivering innovation with precision and reliability. With a deep understanding of the challenges in regulated industries, we combine technical excellence with agile processes to turn ideas into impactful products. Our interdisciplinary team of over 60 engineers — covering electronics, mechanics, optics, software, firmware, systems engineering, and project management — drives every project from the initial concept through to prototype development, regulatory approval, and scalable serial production. Leveraging our in-house capabilities and trusted partner network, we ensure every solution is both technically robust and market-ready. Whether at the idea stage or closer to commercialization, we offer flexible entry points along the entire value chain.
Optics
- Optics concepts & simulations
- Optomechanical design
- Customer-specific sequential and non-sequential design
- Straylight and tolerance analysis
- Complex, multi-channel optics design
- Optics component selection and custom component definition
- In-house prototyping (flow boxes)
- Test standards definition
- Verification and complete documentation according to the regulations
- Expertise: Reflectance, Absorption, Spectrophotometry, Fluorescence, Luminescence (single photon detection), Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
System Engineering
- Requirements management, requirements engineering
- System architecture, system analysis, and component selection
- Thermal and structural mechanics simulations (FEM)
- Thermal management inside the instrument
- Thermal control and thermal cycling
- Pneumatics and fluidics (liquid handling)
- Centrifugation (high speed)
- Drive and sensor concepts, robotics
- Fully automated sample preparation
- Measurement concepts and algorithm development
- Check for material compliance (CE, UL, RoHS, REACH, …) and long-term availability
- Calibration and test concepts
- Transfer into production, definition of tests and test means
- Overall instrument verification and complete documentation according to the regulations (including in-house climate simulation)
Soft- and Firmware
- Software concept and architecture (simple microcontroller based- but also complex multi-processor systems)
- Software design and implementation
- Medical software implementation, documentation and test compliant to IEC 62304
- IT security aspects from IEC 81001-5-1 and functional safety considerations (cybersecurity)
- Firmware development for microcontrollers using real time operating systems, e.g. Free RTOS, as well as for single-board-computers based on Embedded Linux
- Implementation of complete workflows including control of different kind of actuators and sensors like motors, pressure pumps & light barriers
- Definition and implementation of control loops and algorithms
- Design and realization of customer specific graphical user interfaces
- Solutions for connectivity to other devices and HIS/LIMS using BT, Ethernet, USB, CAN
- Verification and complete documentation according to the regulations
Electronics
- Electronics concept and design
- SPICE-based circuit simulation
- Extremely sensitive detection methods
- Circuit diagrams and multi-layer layout
- EMC-conform implementation (incl. in-house orienting test in EMC chamber)
- Miniaturization
- In-house prototyping
- Verification and complete documentation according to regulations
- Material compliance (CE, UL, RoHS, REACH, etc.)
- Component lifecycle management (IEC 62402, VDMA)
Mechanics
- Instrument concepts
- FEM and flow simulation
- Opto-mechanics design
- High precision mechanics and mechatronics design
- Actuators and precise positioning
- Robotics
- Miniaturization
- Design for manufacturing
- Interface to disposable
- Selection of materials
- In-house prototyping (model shop, 3-D printing)
- Tolerance analysis
- Implementation of ID (housing)
- Support of toolmaking
- Packaging development and test
- Verification and complete documentation according to the regulations
Project Management
- V-model based development process, agile approaches, customization possible
- Interface between customer and development team
- Coordination of internal and external tasks, project planning
- Controlling of time, budget and quality
- Status reporting
- Ensuring compliance according to all relevant standards in medical technology
- Risk management (FMEA, support risk management file based on ISO 14971)
External Services
- Coordination of
- freedom to operate analysis (FTO)
- GUI/UI design (graphical user interface)
- ID design (industrial design)
- usability studies
- disposable and consumables development
- proven and audited suppliers for external module development
- verification tasks in certified/accredited test labs
Next-generation fluorescence multi-channel qPCR optics.
Seamless System Integration.
We deliver seamless system integration by combining mechanical, electronical, optical and software engineering to create fully functional, production-ready instruments. From requirements and system architecture to simulations and component selection, every subsystem is designed to work in harmony. Our integrated approach includes sample and reagent preparation, a reaction/incubation module and a detection module, all driven by custom-specific control and data processing algorithms. With built-in compliance, testing and calibration as well as full documentation, our turnkey systems are ready for production and long-term use. These modules work together to ensure reliable, repeatable, and traceable diagnostic results, often with minimal user intervention.
Electronics development: EMC-compliant layout design.
Our team has extensive experience in designing electronics that are fully compliant with electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards. Circuit schematics and PCB layouts are developed and rigorously reviewed following standardized design procedures to ensure optimal EMC performance. We also conduct in-house EMC pre-compliance testing using our own EMC chamber, enabling early identification and resolution of potential issues. Collaboration with systems and mechanical engineering is an integral part of the process, ensuring comprehensive, EMC-conscious instrument design. This integrated approach accelerates development timelines and minimizes overall costs for our customers.