TISSUE DYE CADDY

Synopsis ::

Descher was selected to re-imagine the design of a carrier caddy for tissue staining dyes (and associated preparation tools) for use in a histological laboratory. The existing caddy was dated and expensive to manufacture, so updating the design aesthetic as well as reducing cost were project drivers. Timing was also critical, as the customer wished to avoid an impending low-inventory trigger requiring the purchase of additional units utilizing the existing design.

Solution ::

Descher engineers a series of concepts in 3D CAD for the customer's marketing team, and then collaboratively settled on a more hygienic design which could be either thermoformed or injection molded. The new caddy would feature:

• (7) Dye cups
• (2) Dye cap holders
• Post-molding machined slots for stirrers and flexi-rulers

A large format rapid prototype (14'' diagonal) was employed to validate the concept, and then mold tooling kicked off, to yield a net potential product time-to-market of less than ten weeks.