Case Study: Ascilion achieves manufacturable medical device prototypes with Protolabs

Good advice on manufacturing was crucial for Ascilion

Ascilion, a Swedish medical technology startup, developed a revolutionary painless sampling chip using microneedles but lacked the in-house expertise to transition from development to a manufacturable product. Their challenge was to find a manufacturing partner who could provide crucial advice early in the process to ensure their design was both effective and could be produced efficiently.

The vendor, Protolabs, provided expert consultation that guided Ascilion to redesign the product's plastic components for injection molding instead of 3D printing, optimizing it for sterility and mass production. This solution from Protolabs, which also included 3D printing for subsequent prototyping, gave Ascilion the knowledge to scale up manufacturing cost-effectively, saving them significant time and costs while resulting in a highly manufacturable final product.

Ascilion

Markus Renlund

Founder