HemoCue Cognatus - Ett Intelligent Analysinstrument

• Main Authors: Jönsson, Anders, Nilsson, Thomas
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET) 2008
• Subjects: Analys; instrument
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1610

HemoCue AB is a multinational corporation targeted on manufacturing point-of-care analysis instruments for medical treatment. Their main product, the DM 201, is outdated and has big issues gaining new market shares. For example, no medical treatment center in Sweden uses DM 201 frequently. The project of developing a new instrument to replace it was assigned two students at the development engineering program at Halmstad University. The project also included integration of the new platform for DM 202 to HemoCue AB:s remaining products. The project began by defining the different technical areas concerned. By identifying six big technical areas and reaching a technical height within these areas the project group was able to combine the new knowledge and assemble them to a satisfying result. The project group developed a new instrument with a 50 % decreased volume compared to the DM 201. The components are carefully selected to match the technical progress in the medical treatment business over the past years. The original project also resulted in a side project containing a new cuvette unit which is decreased by 75 % compared with today’s unit. This new cuvette unit also performs more accurate analysis. When the goals where reached for DM 202, the project group started to integrate useful components into the remaining product range. To make this possible the group had to redesign all the remaining instruments both internal and external. The superior work of the project group has resulted in a completely new product range for HemoCue AB. Consisting of intelligent, powerful instrument that will be very attractive on the market.