Platform Solutions

High-performance sample collection devices, cartridges, reader systems, and more: DCN Dx ensures they're designed for maximum usability and performance.

Core Competencies

  • Industrial and mechanical design
  • Electronic equipment and software design
  • Optical system design
  • Consumable design
  • Prototyping through transfer to manufacturing

Specialties

  • Sample collection devices for whole blood, saliva, sweat, tears, urine, environmental samples, plant, soil, water, food, and more
  • Cartridge and consumable design
  • Point-of-use instruments, readers, and optical systems
  • Data management
  • Sample treatment and delivery devices
  • Lateral flow cassettes
  • Biohazard containment
  • Chips for microfluidic immunoassays or molecular diagnostics
  • Integrated devices for use in the field: military, agricultural, veterinary, or medical
  • User-centric, CLIA-waived diagnostic devices with integrated functions

Modern rapid point-of-use testing requires high-performance sample collection devices, cartridges, and reader systems. DCN Dx ensures they're designed for maximum usability and performance, no matter the application.

Custom Instrument and Software Development

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Added Functionality

  • Reduced complexity for users
  • Functionality improvements
  • Reduced failure rates

Added Value

  • Improved user experience (“stickiness”)
  • Improved look and feel
  • Design and branding
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Performance & Manufacturability

  • Consistency
  • Scalability
  • Reduced manufacturing costs
  • Reduced scrap

Services

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Custom Instrument and Reader Development

  • Lateral flow readers
  • Point-of-care readers
  • Lab-on-a-chip instruments
  • Optical analyzers
  • PCR and isothermal systems

End-to-End Software Integration

  • Embedded software (MCU)
  • Image analysis
  • Data analysis
  • Process software
  • DCN NoWTM software
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Optical Design

  • High sensitivity imaging
  • Compact optical systems
  • Fluorescence, absorbance, and chemiluminescence
  • Confocal microscopy
  • Fiber and evanescent coupling

 

Mechanical Design

  • 3D design, modeling, and DFM for motion control, fluidics, and instrument systems, including injection molding, instrument housings, thermal systems, and more
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Electronic Design

  • Analog and digital circuit design (low- and high-complexity). Includes schematic capture and PCB layout

Statistical Analysis

  • Generate concentration value from signal data
  • CV, LOD, and LOB assessment
  • Extract meaningful information from low signal-to-noise measurements
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Point-of-Use Device Development from Concept to Commercialization

Modern rapid diagnostics are more than just test strips. They require high-performance sample collection devices, cassettes, and reader systems.

DCN Dx ensures these systems are designed for maximum usability and performance, no matter the application.

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Certifications

DCN Dx performs ISO 9001:2015 and 13485:2016-compliant development processes.

Contact Us

DCN Dx

3193 Lionshead Ave, Suite 200
Carlsbad, CA 92010 USA

1 (760) 804-3886​
info@dcndx.com

PortaCheck (A DCN Dx Brand)

portacheck.com

1388 Antelope Road
White City, OR 97503

1 (800) 964-6466
info@portacheck.com

Biomed Diagnostics (A DCN Dx Brand)

biomeddiagnostics.com

1388 Antelope Road
White City, OR 97503

1 (800) 964-6466
sales@biomeddiagnostics.com