I was brought onto this project to take the Phase I laboratory setup and transition the hardware into a portable, robust and field ready enclosure. Chromologic was developing a novel approach to fast, cheap and accurate malaria detection on-site. The proof of concept setup needed to be packaged so it could be tested on site in Malaria endemic areas. We also needed to significantly improve sensitivity, build a user-friendly language-agnostic device interface and reduce weight and power consumption. We achieved these goals and had a successful deployment.

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Goals

• Increase system sensitivity to achieve long-term targets

• Move system from benchtop into portable enclosure

  • Sized for airline carryon​

  • Lightweight

  • Robust to vibration, drops, temperature, humidity and dust intrusion

• Create easy-to-use language agnostic device interface

• Create DFM documentation for regulatory approval and production

• Put together consumables and potential vendors