Handheld Ultrasound
Brief Case Study Handheld Ultrasound Handheld Ultrasound Client: Pocketsonics (Acquired by Analogic) Sonic Window The team developed a packaged handheld device around our client’s novel miniature ultrasound detector. The device is particularly useful for placing needles and catheters when the vein is difficult to find or there are delicate surrounding structures.
High-Resolution VR/AR Goggles
Brief Case Study High-Resolution VR/AR Goggles This goggle was created to provide consumers and developers with a high-definition, ultra-wide field-of-view augmented reality solution. Bluefin worked with our client to develop an adjustable and lightweight solution that met the needs of the evolving VR/AR community. The design incorporated large, high-quality optics, high-resolution displays, and dense electronics.
Head-Mounted Display
Brief Case Study Head-Mounted Display Head-Mounted Display This head-mounted display (HMD) was created to support Neurologists who treat patients with head trauma. Bluefin worked with the system developer to design the packaging of the HMD embedded with sophisticated optics, OLED displays, and IR eye-tracking electronics so doctors can diagnose, evaluate, and treat people with concussions.
Handheld Medical Device
Brief Case Study Handheld Medical Device Handheld Medical Device Bluefin developed a handheld device to deliver high voltage output, controlled by a consumer cell phone. The design featured very high density packaging as well as user experience appropriate for a first-response scenario.
Force-Feedback Endoscope
Brief Case Study Force-Feedback Endoscope Force-Feedback Endoscope Our team of engineers developed a line of force-feedback endoscopes and related tools for: Upper GI (ERCP),Sigmoidoscopy, Colonoscopy, Bronchoscopy, Hysteroscopy, Ureteroscopy, and Vein Harvesting. Scopes include active and passive haptics, providing realistic look and feel equivalent to Olympus, Terumo, Johnson & Johnson, and Karl Storz flexible and rigid […]
Surgical Simulation
Brief Case Study Surgical Simulation Surgical Simulation Our team of engineers developed the first commercially viable surgical simulation systems in the world. The team designed multiple hardware platforms that provide realistic visual and tactile training via motion control and simulation for doctors, nurses, and technicians, including the following procedures: Intravenous access and catheterization Bronchoscopy and […]
Rugged Portable Sample Prep for Biological Agents
Brief Case Study Portable Sample Prep Station Portable Sample Prep Station The team of engineers developed an automated sample preparation station for a laboratory Time of Flight mass spectrometer. The system automates sample collection which previously required up to a half hour of lab technician time. The process now takes less than three minutes and […]
Polymer Chromatography Rotors
Brief Case Study Polymer Chromatography Rotors Polymer Chromatography Rotors Our team of engineers developed a family of polymer rotors that support centrifugal countercurrent chromatography in a planet centrifuge. The rotors incorporate complex internal geometries necessary for proper separation and fluid flow. Their construction is tailored for manufacture using the selective laser sintering process.
Motion Control for Training Systems
Brief Case Study Motion Control for Training System Motion Control for Training System The team developed multiple generations of drive electronics for advanced motion control applications in the healthcare market. These devices included position sensing and amplification, plus user power supply circuitry for multiple voltage and current requirements.
Chromatography Centrifuge
Brief Case Study Chromatography Centrifuges Chromatography Centrifuges Client: CC Biotech Bluefin developed a preparative-laboratory scale planet centrifuge with temperature control and 500- 1000 rpm centrifugation rate. Turn-key instruments for sample loads of 1 g or more for natural product separation and carbon nanotubes. It offers precise fractionation in support of analytic and separation processes. We […]