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Product Engineering Services
Light10 will work directly with you to realize your company's ideas into a product you can touch and feel
Engineering Design
Light10 has trusted expertise across a broad range of engineering disciplines from a proven track record in successful execution of complex biomedical systems. We augment our teams to best suit you and your project needs.
Core Services
Optical
We have deep knowledge and expertise in design of development of optical systems for a range of demanding applications.
Some of our Expertise
Microscopy and BioImaging
Precision Laser System Design
Laser Scanning and Modulation
Camera Imaging Systems
Multi-sensor Systems
Lens Design/Simulation (Zemax)
Optomechanical Tolerancing
Stray Light Analysis
Illumination Systems
Mechanical
Mechanical design is integrated into all our products and the design process. We use industry standard computer-aided tools to design individual components, complex systems, and analyze engineering performance.
Some of Our Expertise
CAD (SolidWorks / OnShape)
Precision Opto-mechanics
3D Printing (FDM/SLA)
Electromech Automation/Robotics
Simulation/Analysis
Electrical
Our systems are electronically powered to drive computer automation, light sources, motorized scanners, and peripheral sensors.
Some of Our Expertise
Hardware Architecture
Data Acquisition Systems
Electro-Optical Systems
Chassis Wiring and Management
Circuit Board CAD and Fab
Hardware Automation
Microprocessors and SBCs
Software
We use software to not only control the automation of our electronic devices, but control the presentation and interpretation of data we acquire.
Some of Our Expertise
Algorithm Development
Data/Image Processing
Medical Software Dev
Data Acquisition
Hardware Automation
Graphical User Interfaces
Microprocessors & SBCs
Whether you have an existing prototype, product, or idea in your head, Light10 will work with you to crystallize your vision.
We draw on years of technical knowledge and experience to ideate designs that are creative and unique, yet meaningful and realistic.
Core Services
Requirement
Definition
We will work directly with you to establish a clear baseline for functional and user requirements that are driven by real market needs.
These are the design inputs that will drive the creation of engineering concepts and ultimately the resulting detailed engineering design requirements.
Establishing this from the very beginning sets product development up for success from the very start, while satisfying FDA requirements for traceability under a ISO 13485 compliant quality system.
Ideation
Inventing new concepts is undoubtedly one of the most fun parts of any program.
We will creatively combine your ideas and inputs with our expertise to create new technological possibilities and grow your portfolio of IP.
We challenge baseline assumptions and boundaries,
while our experience keeps designs grounded in manufacturable reality.
Models &
Drawings
Early concepts are best communicated with models and illustrations unconfined by detailed engineering restraints.
Early illustrations or renderings can help establish target design forms across teams and stakeholders.
Pseudo-technical drawings help realize unique combinations, manufacturing processes, and design opportunities.
Tech
Surveys
So you have a need and application in mind. What are the existing and competing products? What is the latest scientific research? How ready is an academic technology for primetime and can you license it?
Light10 can survey the technological landscape ensuring that you are developing the right technology for your target application.
Concept Development
Feasibility & Proof of Concept
Operating with new technologies often requires testing new assumptions and hypothesis. Hands-on engineering prototyping is used to prove the feasibility of design concepts, establishing an critical milestones on the path to the full product development.
Core Services
Benchtop
Systems
Open bench systems are invaluable for the development new technologies and concepts.
Bench systems allow for easy alignment, tweaking, refinement, measurement, electronic automation and swapping components while minimizing dependence on unnecessary engineering constraints,
Benchtop prototyping is particularly beneficial for precision laser optical systems that require establishing tightly controlled beam paths in a controlled environment to achieve diffraction limited performance.
Form
Feasiblity
Whether you are packaging a technology into a handheld device or reducing system volume as a next generation progression, fitting a technology into a particular volume presents unique challenges.
As part of the industrial design process, engineering form studies will define the outer envelope and how a user interacts with your product.
Once a technology has been proven out on a bench, we make use of computer simulation tools and physical prototyping to understand spatial organization, thermal and electrical management, and assembly flow.
Design
Refinement
Product optimizations include educed cost, a smaller package, better power-management, or superior performance.
This may be achieved in the form of a system redesigning with alternative solutions, exchanging or combining components, or reconfiguring spatial organization.
Whatever the task, controlled changes are tested at the subcomponent and system level to ensure that your new design is achieving the next level of performance.
Rapid
Prototyping
While final manufacturing processes require longer lead teams from machine shops and other vendors, low volume prototypes can often be achieved through rapid prototyping techniques.
At Light10, we regularly use 3D printing (SLA/FDM) to quickly fabricate, hold, and test our digital designs. This quick turnaround is invaluable for prototyping new concepts, tweaking designs on the fly, as well as fixturing, and proving out assembly details.
At Light10, systems-level thinking is at the heart of everything we do and is paramount to any successful product endeavor.
Everything we touch is interconnected and no design decision is made in isolation without the "big picture" view. We are experts in the art of balancing technical interactions in the development of complex systems.
Core Services
Project
Management
Goal-oriented planning is at the heart of our success and communication over the course of executing a project. By planning for both the expected and unexpected over a timeline we can predict the scope, budget and resources needed for undertakings of any size and complexity.
Our team makes use of software tools which help us make project plans using information from conversations with our clients. These tools allow for succinct communication across platforms and team members over the duration of any project.
Seemingly small engineering design decisions often have broad sweeping impact and implications.
Electrical, Software, Mechanical, Optical, as well as business and operational needs all need to be carefully juggled to realize optimal product solutions.
Light10 will expertly craft wholistic architectures that bring out natural synergies across entire systems.
Verification
&Validation
Testing is iterative and integral part of all our processes as we mature designs to fully functional and vetted products. We take care make consistently check that "what" and "how" are building consistently match up with traceable requirements.
We test components and subsystems against defined requirement to ensure optimal and reliable functionality as defined in product requirements.
Higher level user requirements are further tested to ensure the resulting systems are functioning to satisfy user needs.
Risk/Failure
Analysis
Whether its the detailed design or programmatic, we carefully weigh the risks every decision making process.
As part of satisfying FDA requirements for medical device development, hazards and user/device related failure modes are meticulously examined to ensure the upmost device safety and performance.
Architecture
&Integration
Systems Engineering
Design for Manufacturing
What is the point of designing something if you can't build it?
Our development process paves a path for products that can be smoothly transitioned to a manufacturing partner and ramped up in volume.
Core Services
Design
Transfer
Light10 partners with reputable and specialized contract manufacturers that are operate under ISO 9001, 13485, and IEC 60601 standards and quality management systems.
Let us help you create the connections, documentation package and materials that will make for a seamless transition as you leap into working with manufactures.
DFM
Assessment
A manufacturable design is scalable, economical, and produces high yield. Although you may have a working functional prototype, design for manufacturability may require revisiting the drawing board.
Let us work with you to identify, prototype, and test improvements in manufacturability and create a design that is truly ready for primetime.
Cost/Size
Reduction
So your technology works, but it costs a fortune and takes up a 12 foot bench in a lab. No problem!
As part of the DFM process, we will become intimately familiar with your technology to identify opportunities to create an affordable and usable product that fits within your required form factor.
Volume
Design
Creating tooling, drawings, and specifications for manufacturing, such as an injection molding, is a significant investment that requires careful and unique considerations that differ greatly from low volume prototypes.
We work with engineers and vendors with deep knowledge in volume manufacturing practices.
Growing an IP portfolio is a sought after way to generate company value, foster innovation and establish a foothold in the market place.
We provides a wide range of market research and IP services to amplify your growth while protecting you from any infringement concerns. Light10 does not claim any royalties on IP generated through our client partnerships.
Core Services
Tech
Survey
In early development, selection of the core technology of your product is a critical milestone. Application commonly have more than one way to realize a solution. This fosters creative approaches and healthy competition between products.
We perform a thorough survey and comparative analysis of the marketplace for products and technologies that may provide viable solutions for your target goals.
IP
Survey
A fresh survey of the IP landscape can help distinguish near total freedom to operate versus an extremely competitive environment.
Understanding the IP space will help in development of your business direction, design strategy, and plan for creating your own portfolio.
As part of your project, Light10 can perform sweep the landscape for relevant patents, digest technical detail, and help illuminate opportunities.
Invention
Disclosure
When we collaboratively pursue projects with our clients with a creative and open mind, patent opportunities are a common byproduct.
Patentable ideas may come out in the early ideation phase, as well as deeper as unique design solutions materialize.
Light10 will work with you to generate detailed and organized invention disclosures which clearly communicate new inventions to patent attorneys.
So you have a need and application in mind. What are the existing and competing products? What is the latest scientific research? How ready is an academic technology for primetime and can you license it?
Light10 can survey the technological landscape ensuring that you are developing the right technology for your target application.
Market Research & Intellectual Property
Industrial Design
We strive to make products that surpass our clients expectations on every level. Meeting functional requirements is half the battle.
We work with clients and customers to create user-centric that are aesthetically pleasing and perform exceedingly well.
Core Services
Drawings
&Models
Visual representations of different design concepts are extremely useful for quickly communicating unfettered ideas.
We use tools, such as conceptual illustrations and foam core models, to help establish a desired look and feel while helping generate a vision for the overall product.
Mechanical
CAD
Going beyond initial conceptual models, industrial design interface, skins, and packaging, must work in unison with delicate engineering internals.
We operate at this interface to realize manufacturable and aesthetic solutions that never disturb core functionality.
Mechanical CAD is used to both balance detailed design and produce renderings that can be shown off before actual machines come together.
Ergo
&HFE
Human factors engineering (HFE) speaks to users will interact with a device in a the target environment, and this is tied tightly with general ergonomics.
We carefully consider everything linked to the user interface and strive to create products that intuitive and easy to use.
For medical devices, the FDA cares deeply about HFE which can influence patient compliance, procedural safety and outcomes.
UI
Design
Intuitive, easy to use, and aesthetic user interfaces are critical for overall consumer adoption.
Our designs strive to convey just the right balance of detail, flexibility, serviceability, to perform in its intended environment.
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Let us help create what you imagine next
We stringently follow ISO 13485 guidelines for the design and manufacturing of all of our FDA compliant medical devices.
Documentation serves as tool for capturing knowledge and accelerating our efforts, rather than a burden. Our documents and development processes arm us with precision when building our designs, and the ability to better communicate with our customers, vendors, and regulators.
Core Services
Quality and Regulatory
Quality
Integration
At Light10 we have worked under numerous quality systems, and are flexible to our clients preferences.
We follow best practices under ISO13485, and can integrate into any quality system you may have already established.
Traceable
Documents
The FDA requires that all design are well documented and have a traceable path from early requirements to testable design decisions.
This is important for capturing design history, what is driving critical design decisions, establishing V&V strategy, as well as ensuring overall product safety and performance.
Light10 can help capture your full paper trail in a traceable fashion that will lead to a painless submission down the road.
Hazard
&FMEA
As part of any medical device regulatory body submission, both hazards and failure modes must be carefully considered.
We consult device databases, combined with our own experience and knowledge to generate meaningful and comprehensive assessments of hazards that may cause patient harm. Similarly, failure modes are analyzed for severity from both a user perspective as well as the device itself.
We provide design and development services tailored directly to your needs, and using the latest cutting edge techniques. Our teams and strategy are flexible and scalable depending on the scope, style, and expertise in demand. Light10 will interface with your team, providing you with instantaneous expertise without the overhead. We serve as a third arm and sometimes an exoskeleton, providing rocket fuel for your next endeavor. At Light10, fees for our services are based time and materials only, and all intellectual property generated belongs to our clients.
Let us be your next partner in innovation.
We provide complete engineering solutions for innovative product ideas ranging from
Simple Complex
Consumer Regulated
Component Full System
Initial idea Next Generation
Small Start-ups Large Companies
Quality and Regulatory
Intellectual Property
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