<p>HemoCue AB is a multinational corporation targeted on manufacturing point-of-care analysis</p><p>instruments for medical treatment. Their main product, the DM 201, is outdated and has big</p><p>issues gaining new market shares. For example, no medical treatment center in Sweden uses</p><p>DM 201 frequently. The project of developing a new instrument to replace it was assigned</p><p>two students at the development engineering program at Halmstad University. The project</p><p>also included integration of the new platform for DM 202 to HemoCue AB:s remaining</p><p>products.</p><p>The project began by defining the different technical areas concerned. By identifying six big</p><p>technical areas and reaching a technical height within these areas the project group was able</p><p>to combine the new knowledge and assemble them to a satisfying result. The project group</p><p>developed a new instrument with a 50 % decreased volume compared to the DM 201. The</p><p>components are carefully selected to match the technical progress in the medical treatment</p><p>business over the past years. The original project also resulted in a side project containing a</p><p>new cuvette unit which is decreased by 75 % compared with today’s unit. This new cuvette</p><p>unit also performs more accurate analysis. When the goals where reached for DM 202, the</p><p>project group started to integrate useful components into the remaining product range. To</p><p>make this possible the group had to redesign all the remaining instruments both internal and</p><p>external.</p><p>The superior work of the project group has resulted in a completely new product range for</p><p>HemoCue AB. Consisting of intelligent, powerful instrument that will be very attractive on</p><p>the market.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hh-1610 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Jönsson, Anders, Nilsson, Thomas |
| Publisher | Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för Ekonomi och Teknik (SET) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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