Lathrop Product Development brings decades of multidisciplinary experience to complex scientific instrumentation and regulated technical device development. We partner with your product development teams to turn innovative concepts into manufacturable, production‑ready systems — supporting programs from early feasibility hardware through certification and manufacturing transfer.
Life science & diagnostic instrumentation
We work hand in hand with scientific and assay development teams to transform novel technologies into reliable, production‑ready research and diagnostic platforms.
Medical devices
From early concept through validation and manufacturing readiness, we help guide development for regulated medical systems, reducing technical risk while meeting compliance certification requirements.
Industrial & military systems
Our team supports development of complex electro‑mechanical and opto‑mechanical systems, coordinating execution across engineering disciplines to ensure reliable performance in demanding environments.
Life science instrumentation
Supporting the development of complex scientific and diagnostic instrumentation from early feasibility hardware through production-ready systems.
We work directly with your engineering and design teams to strengthen system integration, guide key design decisions, and prepare technologies for reliable manufacturing.
30+ years of instrumentation development
For more than 25 years, Lathrop Product Development has partnered with life science companies to develop high-precision instrumentation and complex analytical systems.
Our experience includes technologies such as:
- Flow cytometers
- Electrophoresis systems
- Imaging systems
- Fluorescence detection platforms
- Microarray and microfluidic instruments
- Sample preparation systems
- Custom consumablesm
Our multidisciplinary product development team brings extensive experience across the full product lifecycle and the design control processes required to bring life science technologies to market.
Engineering realities in life science systems
Life science instrumentation places unique demands on engineering teams.
Performance depends on how optics, mechanics, electronics, firmware, and testing interact under precision and validation constraints. Tolerance stack-up, thermal sensitivity, signal integrity, and assembly variation accumulate across the system.
We help product development teams address these interactions early — clarifying subsystem boundaries and identifying cross-discipline dependencies before integration challenges grow.
How we support your development teams
Engagements are collaborative and senior-led — strengthening your internal development teams while helping guide complex engineering decisions.
- Early feasibility hardware development
- Precision mechanical and electromechanical system design
- Coordination across optics, electronics, firmware, and mechanical engineering
- Prototype development and system integration support
- Preparation for manufacturing and NPI transfer
- Support for CE and UL certification
Resources & next steps
Early clarity helps prevent costly redesign and schedule delays.
We share practical perspectives through technical articles and project insights that help engineering teams recognize integration and repeatability challenges earlier in development.