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	Loop Medical's Use of Onshape for Developing a Painless Blood Collection Device

Loop Medical's Use of Onshape for Developing a Painless Blood Collection Device

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Remote Collaboration
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	To launch the development of a new medical device, Loop Medical founder Arthur Queval was searching for a CAD and data management platform that would run on a Mac without additional virtualization software and would also streamline collaboration between his engineering teams in Switzerland, Germany, and France. Using a cloud-native product development platform allowed his distributed teams to collaborate in real time and accelerate the design process. Read More
About Customer	Loop Medical is a Switzerland-based medical R&D firm focused on developing a new minimally invasive device to extract blood from capillaries just below the skin, as opposed to conventional methods that collect blood from the vein. The company aims to simplify blood diagnostic testing at healthcare facilities around the world, particularly in developing nations where medical resources and standards are subpar. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Loop Medical is also focusing on reducing the spread of infectious diseases through used contaminated needles. The company was founded by Arthur Queval in 2016 and is currently testing its prototype device, with plans to go into clinical trials in early 2021 and a product launch in 2023 for the U.S. market. Read More
Solution	Loop Medical adopted Onshape, a cloud-native CAD platform, to streamline collaboration between its engineering teams in Switzerland, Germany, and France. Onshape's platform allowed the teams to collaborate in real time, significantly accelerating the design process. The platform's sharing feature enabled secure and instant collaboration with colleagues, vendors, customers, or partners by granting them editing, commenting, or view-only access rights to a CAD model. Additionally, Onshape's regular updates, released every three weeks, include new release management functionality, collaboration tool enhancements, CAD features, improvements to user interface and performance, bug fixes, and updates to Onshape Drawings and FeatureScript. These updates are delivered in the cloud, ensuring zero downtime and no unexpected broken designs. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Remote Collaboration

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

To launch the development of a new medical device, Loop Medical founder Arthur Queval was searching for a CAD and data management platform that would run on a Mac without additional virtualization software and would also streamline collaboration between his engineering teams in Switzerland, Germany, and France. Using a cloud-native product development platform allowed his distributed teams to collaborate in real time and accelerate the design process.

About Customer

Loop Medical is a Switzerland-based medical R&D firm focused on developing a new minimally invasive device to extract blood from capillaries just below the skin, as opposed to conventional methods that collect blood from the vein. The company aims to simplify blood diagnostic testing at healthcare facilities around the world, particularly in developing nations where medical resources and standards are subpar. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Loop Medical is also focusing on reducing the spread of infectious diseases through used contaminated needles. The company was founded by Arthur Queval in 2016 and is currently testing its prototype device, with plans to go into clinical trials in early 2021 and a product launch in 2023 for the U.S. market.

Solution

Loop Medical adopted Onshape, a cloud-native CAD platform, to streamline collaboration between its engineering teams in Switzerland, Germany, and France. Onshape's platform allowed the teams to collaborate in real time, significantly accelerating the design process. The platform's sharing feature enabled secure and instant collaboration with colleagues, vendors, customers, or partners by granting them editing, commenting, or view-only access rights to a CAD model. Additionally, Onshape's regular updates, released every three weeks, include new release management functionality, collaboration tool enhancements, CAD features, improvements to user interface and performance, bug fixes, and updates to Onshape Drawings and FeatureScript. These updates are delivered in the cloud, ensuring zero downtime and no unexpected broken designs.

Impact #1	Loop Medical reclaimed 30% of engineering time lost to previous IT overhead.
Impact #2	Streamlined collaboration and communication between distributed product design teams.
Impact #3	Improved IP security with Onshape’s multiple levels of access permissions.

Impact #1

Loop Medical reclaimed 30% of engineering time lost to previous IT overhead.

Impact #2

Streamlined collaboration and communication between distributed product design teams.

Impact #3

Improved IP security with Onshape’s multiple levels of access permissions.

Benefit #1	Reclaimed 30% of engineering time lost to previous IT overhead.

Benefit #1

Reclaimed 30% of engineering time lost to previous IT overhead.

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Loop Medical's Use of Onshape for Developing a Painless Blood Collection Device

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