Situation: Tissue dissociation is a critical first step to obtain single cells in applications including cell and tissue analysis, drug development and cancer research. These cell suspensions are generally prepared by mechanical, chemical and enzymatic methods. Currently, tissue dissociation is being performed using manual methods or with some of the existing automated systems on the market. The entire process of tissue dissociation – right from harvesting the tissues from animals to obtaining single cell suspensions is laborious.
Our client developed a novel system that automates the tissue dissociation process, thereby reducing manual intervention and process variability. This automated technology reduces sample processing time and could facilitate high throughput R&D or drug development applications.
Action: SearchLite conducted interviews with experts from industry and academia. Each of the Market Applications were compared on the basis of importance to the end user, product-market fit and the market size in order to determine the Best Fit Market Application.
Result: A comparison of our client’s automated tissue dissociation system with the current state of the art helped the client identify the right target markets for the technology. In addition, the SearchLite identified the different market dimensions that would affect the adoption of the technology within the Life Sciences Industry. The SearchLite provided the client with:
- Best fit market applications in an order of priority for each of the identified market segments
- Connections with potential licensing partners and beta testers as a next step for product development
