INOmax EVOLVETM DS Delivery System Receives Two 2024 Gold MUSE Design Awards

The Biomeme Franklin Real-Time Portable PCR Thermocycler, designed by Delve, has received 2024 Gold MUSE Design Awards for product design in two separate categories: medical devices and healthcare.

Highlighting both aesthetics and functionality, the international MUSE Design Awards recognize excellence in design and innovation across a variety of disciplines, including product design. Winners are selected for design that shifts paradigms.

Thermocyclers are essential tools in molecular biology and genetics research. The Franklin device stands out in this category for its unique balance of its high performance, ease of use, and rugged, ultra-portable design.

Diagnostic tests are typically done in a lab. But in many scenarios, such as military operations, medical emergencies, and consumer product safety assessments, diagnostic tests must be conducted outside the lab to swiftly evaluate threats, diagnose injuries, or ensure the safety and efficacy of products in real-world conditions.

Biomeme, a startup with a strong history of innovation in the field of molecular detection, accepted the challenge. Their newest offering, the Franklin, is a fully portable thermocycler capable of real-time PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR and isothermal analysis, the gold standard in molecular detection technology. Thermocyclers are essential tools in molecular biology and genetics research, as well as in clinical diagnostics, forensic analysis, and various other fields where amplification of DNA is necessary.

The innovative Franklin Thermocycler stands out in this product category for its unique balance of its high performance, ease of use, and rugged, ultra-portable design:

• Ultra-portability. The size of a Bluetooth speaker, weighing only 2.65 pounds, and battery operated for maximum mobility, the Franklin allows scientists and researchers to conduct a full day of research in the field on a single charge.
  
• Unique throughput. The Franklin enables Multiplex real-time detection of up to 27 targets from 1 sample. It can simultaneously test 3 samples for up to 9 targets each, or 9 samples for up to 3 targets each.
  
• Fast, real-time results. In less than one hour, the Franklin can determine the presence or absence of targets in a sample. In short, the Franklin Thermocycler performs to the standard of most advanced labs, without requiring any lab equipment or special experience to use-so users can now take their lab with them, anywhere.
  

Bringing a Clinical Innovation to Market Takes More Than Engineering

As a mobile, high-performance diagnostics device, the Franklin's device aesthetics are driven primarily by functionality. Its shape is minimal and boxy, but softened, with some crisp geometries. It looks rugged but approachable, and has a cool, technical look. It can be colored lighter or darker. The balance of neutral and tech in its appearance allows the Franklin Thermocycler to live comfortably across multiple markets: military, medical, and consumer.

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