High growth market segments which benefits from soaring demand of technical medical equipment such as analyzers and mass spectrometers. We are especially strong in In vitro diagnostics, measurement devices & laboratory equipment

Medtech & life

BrainCool and Scanfil – cooperation enabling customer’s growth

BrainCool develops advanced medical cooling systems to treat severe conditions. The BrainCool System is user-friendly, effective, and supported by a strong manufacturing partnership with Scanfil for global growth.

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Medtech & life

Scanfil and Njord Medtech enter into contract manufacturing agreement for patient transfer solution

Njord Medtech partnered with us to accelerate Atle® 180’s rollout across Europe, leveraging our production and regulatory expertise to support its successful implementation in radiology departments.

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Medtech & life

Vaisala helps us to travel safely with accurate weather forecasting and modelling

Scanfil is a key manufacturing partner for the CL61, providing early design input and feedback to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness. Mechanical parts are made at Sievi and electronics at Pärnu, showcasing Scanfil’s expertise and cooperation.

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Medtech & life

Lucas®3, CPR in motion

We provide system integration, supply chain management, value engineering, and distribution to support Stryker and the LUCAS® CPR machine, ensuring reliable production and global availability for emergency care professionals.

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The BrainCool System  (branded IQool System in the United States) is an advanced surface temperature management system with gel-free and adhesive-free pads that maintain fever control and manage patient temperature in critical care settings. The IQool System features an intuitive user interface, programmable protocol settings, and acute temperature control.

The product is used in the treatment of various severe conditions such as stroke and cardiac arrest in hospitals with advanced intensive care. BrainCool Systems has many advantages compared to competitive technologies. It reaches the target temperature fast, the system is easy to use, the pads are reusable and long-lasting silicone, and the cooling fluid is antibacterial MPG (Monopropylene Glyco).

BrainCool System
The BrainCool System puts temperature control at your fingertips. BrainCool System offers an easy-to-use intuitive interface, informative graphics, and an automatic feedback loop allowing clinicians to manage their patients rather than a device.

Cooling Pads
The BrainCool System soft silicone pads and the neoprene insulating wraps are user and patient friendly.

– Easy to apply
– NON-Adhesive
– Intimate skin contact
– Quick and easy skin checks
– PRE-Filled/No purging

High growth through new market entries
BrainCool aims to increase sales by at least 10 million U.S. dollars by 2025 and to reach new geographical market areas. Jon Berg, COO of BrainCool, says that as a growth company to attain the target they need a business partner like Scanfil.

“We are increasing dramatically in sales. Therefore, we need a partnership with a knowledgeable manufacturing service company like Scanfil. We strongly believe that Scanfil with its industry expertise and international factory chain is an ideal partner for us to expand our operations. With the help of Scanfil, we can internationalize our operations and adjust the production to meet the growing demand for BrainCool System and our other product portfolio.”

Deep cooperation started already in the early phases of product development
Scanfil’s role as a electronics manufacturing partner is to help the customer to succeed. Jon Berg says that the cooperation between BrainCool and Scanfil has been close throughout the project. Especially Scanfil’s development department has been a big support in the development of the projects. Healthcare market knowledge, continuous improvement, and quality certifications are also highly appreciated according to Jon Berg. He also adds that honesty, flexibility, competence, and good customer service have been the cornerstones of the BrainCool and Scanfil collaboration.

“Scanfil has all the quality, knowledge, in short, everything that you need to produce a medical device.”

Steve Creutz, Managing Director of Scanfil Åtvidaberg admits that the cooperation between the two companies has been successful and fruitful for Scanfil Åtvidaberg too.

“This type of project and customer where we are involved from very early in the development phase and through all the steps into full manufacturing where we can use all of our competencies is a perfect match. We have now increased the manufacturing capacity and doubled our test capacity within a few weeks to meet BrainCool’s sales target today and in the coming years. And not to forget, this type of good cooperation is also developing us as an organization.”

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Over the past decades, healthcare spending has increased heavily. The trend is likely to continue due to changing demographics. On top of this, there are >1 million additional healthcare professionals needed until 2030 in the US, UK, and Germany alone with many of them planning to leave their current roles.

Atle 180 is a key contributor as maintaining cost levels and professionals becomes ever more important in the global healthcare system. Fifteen hospitals in the Nordics have implemented Atle 180 already with positive responses from users and underlying indications on an improved radiology throughput.

“We have been working closely with Scanfil over the last two years providing a strong base for the upcoming production acceleration phase. In addition, the volume capacity and regulatory capability that characterizes the factory in Åtvidaberg are strong enablers for our journey ahead,” says Jacob Ahrnstein, CEO Njord Medtech.

”Njord Medtech has a unique product and great growth potential. Scanfil is very happy that Njord Medtech chose us as its partner on the journey ahead. Scanfil has established experience in development, manufacturing and related services for medical technology products where we can provide support in all phases of the product life cycle,” says Steve Creutz, CEO of Scanfil Åtvidaberg.

About Njord Medtech
Njord Medtech® is set on a mission to bring forward new solutions for a value- and a patient-centric healthcare system. The company has been incubated within the Sahlgrenska University Hospital since 2017. Founded by Barbro Cagner – former nurse, union representative, and deputy head at Sahlgrenska Radiology. Njord Medtech continuously strives to solve the unmet needs of radiology and patient handling for sustainable healthcare.

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Flying is a popular mode of transportation, especially when you want to reach far away destinations safely. There are many safety matters around air travelling and most of those are not visible to us, for example constant aircraft inspections and maintenance, air traffic controllers assisted by flight and weather radars as well as weather observation and forecasting systems, to mention few.

An investment in safety – state-of-the-art Vaisala Lidar Ceilometer CL61

Vaisala has a perfect solution for observing and analysing weather conditions at airports for safer air travel and operations. Vaisala Lidar Ceilometer CL61 is a laser-based atmospheric measurement device, which enables high accuracy and precision in weather forecasting.

“CL61 challenges the existing ceilometers, which are mainly used to determine the height of a cloud ceiling or cloud base”, says Reijo Roininen, Product Manager at Vaisala. “CL61 gathers and analysis scattered light from the atmosphere with two polarization channels and calculates the depolarization ratio for these signals. With the depolarisation technique used in CL61, it enables more in-depth analyses of particles detected in the atmosphere which is used for weather forecasting.”

Vaisala Lidar Ceilometer CL61 is used mainly for cloud structure analysis, but it can be expanded into detecting and analysing other particles such as pollen, volcanic ash, and dust. For efficient measuring and forecasting, it is recommended to install series of three CL61s in a row approximately 20 kilometres apart from each other and parallel to typical approaching weather fronts.

“We have been discussing these kinds of setups with several customers to cover the airport approach and take-off area,” clarifies Reijo. “For airports, it is highly important to have advance information about approaching weather fronts for safe operations at and around the airport.”

Vaisala Lidar Ceilometer CL61 is highly complex to build

Vaisala Lidar Ceilometer CL61 is a brand new product introduced to the market in 2021. All ceilometers, including CL61, are assembled at Vaisala’s Vantaa factory in Finland, where the company’s headquarters and R&D centre are located.

CL61 belongs among the most complex products in Vaisala’s portfolio. It includes many different components from different categories e.g., electronics, optics and fine mechanics. Due to the complexity of the product, early supplier involvement in the design and detailed manufacturability feedback have been extremely important.

“We have a long relationship with Scanfil and they are a trusted partner who we involve already in the design phase,” says Heikki Leppilampi, Sourcing Project Manager at Vaisala. “Together with Scanfil, we have been able to design an excellent product, secure the manufacturability and cost. In addition, our partnership has played an important part in the successful launch of CL61 to the market.”

After the design phase, Scanfil has manufactured components for Lidar’s volume production at its Sievi and Pärnu factories: Sievi mechanics and Pärnu electronics. CL61 is an excellent example of seamless collaboration with the customer and multiple Scanfil sites.

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Scanfil’s journey with Stryker started more than 20 years ago as the start-up company Jolife AB, located in Lund, Sweden, developed and launched the first version of the LUCAS chest compression system. Since then, the LUCAS device has redefined emergency care and helped save lives that earlier would have been considered futile. Jolife, since 2016 a part of Stryker, has continued to develop the device, and in partnership with Scanfil, the third generation LUCAS 3, a highly advanced mechanical CPR machine, is manufactured and sold to meet the demand from professional lifesavers all around the world.

The LUCAS device provides high-quality and continuous chest compressions to sudden cardiac arrest patients in situations where manual CPR is difficult, such as during transportation in ambulances or helicopters, during prolonged CPR, when moving patients, and during life-saving X-ray interventions.

The LUCAS devices are life-saving machines used globally, and as such, they need to comply with a vast range of regulations for medical devices. It was clear from the start that the device needed to comply with FDA’s (US Food and Drug Administration) rules and regulations, meaning a tight relationship between Scanfil and Jolife was necessary.

“During our partnership over the last two decades, we have successfully passed many audits by regulatory authorities, we have seen a steady growth of sold units on a global market and together with Scanfil we have been able to continuously lower the cost of the products. These factors create a win-win situation. In the end, it is all about the many lives that have been saved because of the LUCAS device.”

Sara Lindroth, Managing Director of Jolife AB, a part of Stryker.

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• System Integration
• Supply Chain Management
• Value Engineering
• Distribution

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