Strategic Partner for Unipath

Cambridge Consultants assisted Unipath in developing a series of personal testing products.

Persona - a natural method of contraception that identifies the fertile days of a woman's cycle. Unipath had a requirement for a hand held consumer product for the quantitative measurement of hormones in urine. Cambridge Consultants began the development with activities to select and prove the principle of a low cost optoelectronic reader, which was then integrated into a laboratory system for use by the assay team. The full development was carried out in close co-operation with Unipath, where Cambridge Consultants were responsible for the core of the product, including optoelectronics and ASIC development.

Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor - a fertility monitor, designed for women actively wishing to become pregnant, Unipath recognised the opportunity for a fertility monitor and required us to develop a completely new product for the fertility user, based largely on the PERSONA technology. We carried out a fast track product development programme, making use of existing optoelectronics alongside new elements, such as industrial design and user interface. All work was completed within 9 months of the initial briefing.

Clearblue Digital Pregnancy Test - the world's first ever digital pregnancy test. Unipath wanted to bring the certainty of digital reading to the pregnancy test market. Our experience of product innovation was used to generate concepts for market focus groups. Unipath were then able to select the most attractive format for the product in-line, with the low target cost per unit. We also contributed to the design of the optoelectronic reader and used our industry knowledge to advise on component selection, enabling an extremely low cost unit.