Instead of master sheets or complete LFA cassettes, we offer our customers the opportunity to coat specific membrane components with our BioDot dispensing platforms. It is possible to apply lines using cannulas, Spraying solutions with airjet units or saturating entire membrane zones with solutions. All variants can be offered as reel-to-reel coating with up to 100 m per roll. Upon request, the membrane components can then be positioned on self-adhesive surfaces and cut to size as a master sheet.

The conjugation of antibodies and nanomaterials is an essential step in the production of lateral flow assays.

Senova therefore also offers contract conjugations of bioreagents to different nanomaterials, for example based on gold or silica particles. We can also implement customer-specific conjugations of multiple bioreagents based on different coupling reactions. Since there is a wide range of possibilities in this topic, please contact us directly in order to find an efficient solution strategy for your conjugation request.

The membrane components are manufactured individually in 30 cm units and installed as master sheets. Depending on whether master sheets or completely assembled cassettes are required, the implementation can be adjusted. Please note that the price per test for the functional samples can differ significantly from the price for large production batches, as the functional samples involve significantly more effort due to personnel costs.

All nanoparticles produced by Senova are checked for the above properties with a Malvern Zetasizer Advance Ultra red label. The size determination is based on the measurement of dynamic light scattering (DLS) and the surface charge is determined by measuring the zeta potential. The measurements can be carried out for almost all types of nanomaterials and are particularly suitable for quality control with the data sheets we have prepared.

We gained our greatest experience with the measurement of nanomaterials. If you have other dispersions, for example from the food, dye or cosmetics industry, we can carry out preliminary tests for you in order to then plan the measurements using established protocols.

At these events, there will be presentations on solutions to problems in test development as well as important content in the validation and IVDR-compliant approval of IVD products. We announce planned workshops on our website well in advance; individual appointments can be arranged for lectures or seminars.

Senova offers a model assay that can be used for training purposes or exercises. The LFA specifically recognizes a model antigen that does not occur in nature. The type of sample application can be chosen variably. The antigen solution can be applied directly with a pipette under ideal conditions, or sprayed onto a surface and then picked up with a swab and transferred into a buffer solution.

Senova can look back on over 15 years of experience in the development of strip tests and associated test housings and has its own test cassette series on which more than 15 clinical tests are currently adapted. We would be happy to accompany you through all levels of test housing development; from the initial design idea, to the conception and integration of functional elements, the production of technical drawings, the high-resolution prototype production using the 3D printing process, the transfer to production scale to the automated laser marking of the finished product. We also have extensive experience with joining techniques and assembly strategies in the context of large-volume production (injection molding).

We would be happy to put you in touch with our industrial partners for production transfer.