FSS DNA Analyser
The Challenge
The production team at GX were asked to consider ways to refine the design of an existing prototype for a DNA processing instrument capable of analysing DNA on site at the scene of a crime. The client was keen to see if proposed production costs could be lowered to make it a more commercially viable product.
Since a working prototype had already been developed, the product team initially conducted a design for manufacture review, to assess how practical their model would be to commercially manufacture.
The Solution
The manufacturing review was successfully undertaken but also highlighted that the machine needed a DNA sample collection device. Drawing on the design team’s specialist knowledge of biotechnology, GX product development team designed a disposable Lysis cartridge which was robust, reliable and simple to use by untrained personnel at crime scenes.
The Result
The client built a number of commercially attractive, self-contained and portable units. These ground-breaking machines demonstrated that the delivery of early DNA intelligence, in just 2 hours to law enforcement and security agencies, was achievable.
Drawing on GX’s specialist knowledge of biotechnology, the lysis cartridges that the GX team developed meant that even non-scientists had a simple way to process samples. The cartridge was awarded a patent and contained all the necessary reagents for lysis including magnetic beads allowing quick analysis of DNA taken from a sample collected at a crime scene.
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