Biosensor device development
Engineering the next generation of biosensors - from concept to commercialisation
With a 25-year track of biosensor product development, we can help you take your sensing technology from concept to market-ready product quickly across a wide range of clinical applications. Clients choose us for our ability to solve the toughest sensing challenges, developing solutions driven by scientific insight and engineering rigour. With our collaborative approach we can enhance patient outcomes, improve lives, and deliver measurable value for your business.
A trusted partner for complex biosensor device development
Developing a commercially successful biosensor - whether wearable or implantable -can be an intricate process, with each device posing unique challenges. When you partner with TTP on your biosensor design and development project, you access a multidisciplinary team with deep expertise to navigate complexity in the biosensing market. We work across on-body wearables and long-term implantable systems to deliver sensing solutions that create real value for patients.
End-to-end biosensor development support
We provide full support throughout every stage of biosensor development, from initial sensor design and optimisation to electronics and communications, delivered within an ISO 13485-compliant product development framework, including:
- Human factors and systems engineering
- Software development
- Low-volume ISO 13485 manufacturing for testing and clinical trials, and transfer to volume manufacture
With extensive experience across a broad range of sensor modalities, our team can help you accelerate the development of your next breakthrough solution, drawing on our expertise in electrochemical, optical, spectroscopic, piezoelectric and ultrasound, motion, load, electrical, and electromagnetic-based sensing. We proactively identify and address risks while anticipating future challenges, retiring them early to reduce costly delays. Our in-house electrochemical sensor testing system can also be leveraged to enable high-throughput testing and iteration of sensor designs, reducing time to market while minimising the need for internal investment in custom equipment development.
Together, we bring the expertise to help your biosensor project reach its full potential. Speak to a biosensing expert to learn more.
TTP’s scientific team ‘went the extra mile’ time and again by asking questions, identifying and pursuing pathways, and presenting complete solutions to unforeseen findings.
Dr Paul Goode
Glucotrack, USA
TTP’s skillset combines fundamental science and advanced engineering with a keen understanding of customer needs, developing concepts which are technically adept and effective, as well as fulfilling the kind of customer and business needs required of novel medical devices.
Dr Martin Gerber
Head of Global Research & Technology
TTP played an essential role in assessing the feasibility of an exciting new Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) concept discovered at Carbometrics Limited. The team are hugely experienced, professional and efficient. They are well versed in the immense challenges that pave the way from concept to product and we learned a huge amount working with them.
Andy Chapman
CEO and Co-founder of Carbometrics
Navigating the complexities of biosensor technology development
The process of biosensor development requires navigating a maze of engineering and human factors trade-offs to create a device that is effective, safe, and user-friendly for both patients and healthcare providers. The sensor must take sufficiently accurate and repeatable measurements that are clinically relevant for its application, exhibit manageable drift over life, and be designed in a way that is manufacturable, scalable, and cost-effective to ensure market acceptance and ultimately reach (and benefit) patients.
For wearable biosensors, these challenges typically revolve around size, power consumption, and data accuracy. Devices must be compact and lightweight, while also incorporating batteries that last long enough for practical use. Implantable biosensors face even more stringent requirements in terms of size, biocompatibility, long-term reliability, connectivity, and power consumption.
From our direct experience of bringing biosensors to market, our team understands that successfully navigating these trade-offs requires expertise across multiple disciplines, including biomedical engineering, materials science, electronics, and software development.
This is where partnering with TTP can be invaluable; bringing deep interdisciplinary expertise to simplify decision-making, streamline the design process, accelerate time to market, and reduce the risk of costly errors.
Find out how TTP developed and validated an in-silico model to simulate sensor performance over its lifetime to guide faster, more informed design decisions.
Accelerating biosensor development with automated testing
To build confidence that a biosensor will be perform well enough to meet regulatory requirements, even in vitro testing calls for significant rigour.
As part of larger client projects, we have applied an automated sensor testing platform that meets the needs of characterising novel sensor designs, developing manufacturing processes, and generating data to support regulatory submissions.
We’ve thought carefully about the biosensor development testing workflow and best practice to create a flexible system that addresses the challenge of manual testing, test rig reliability, and inefficient data management during biosensor development.
The core of the system is a robust fluidic platform that runs repeatable test sequences with an expandable number of sensors and test fluids. During long-term sensor testing, this can automatically switch between through-flow for calibration checks with rapid concentration changes, to recirculation to assess sensor drift while preserving test solutions.
All results are captured in a flexible database, creating secure, complete, and readily accessible test records. This provides a rigorous and methodological testing capability that strengthens device development and scale-up, without the overhead of building such infrastructure from scratch.
Designing Bluetooth antennas for reliable performance inside the human body
What does it take to engineer Bluetooth antennas that function effectively within the body?
Human tissue absorbs RF signals, shifts antenna tuning, and differs widely between individuals, creating a tough environment for consistent wireless connectivity in implants.
At TTP, we address these complexities by blending advanced anatomical modelling, system-level antenna co-design, predictive simulations, and rigorous in-house RF validation using bespoke phantoms. This integrated approach enables us to create antennas that maintain stable performance in the body.
Our work is accelerating the development of next-generation biosensors to making them more compact, more capable, and longer-lasting.
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How we can help
Opportunity discovery to manufacture
We can support the medical device development process from initial opportunity discovery through to scaled manufacture, and everything in between. We can deliver full design history files to support regulatory submissions and guide our clients through this process, and work closely with test houses and notified bodies to achieve the correct certifications.
Sensor technology design and development
We specialise in the innovative design and development of cutting-edge biosensors across a broad range of measurement modalities, from first principles modelling and proof-of-concept development, all the way through to design for manufacture and volume scale-up. With a focus on achieving the right sensitivity, accuracy, reliability, to integrate well into a device or system with great usability that enables the early detection of vital biomarkers to deliver better patient outcomes.
Wearable and implantable form factors
With expertise in both on-body wearable and long-term implantable device form factors, we understand the challenges around comfort, biocompatibility, durability, power management and wireless connectivity. By addressing these considerations early, we develop solutions that integrate seamlessly into clinical and everyday environments, enabling continuous monitoring and delivering meaningful health insights for patients and clinicians.
Electronics and communications
Designing electronics for wearable and implantable devices requires balancing measurement accuracy, power consumption, device size and operational lifetime. We develop compact, reliable electronics alongside custom wired and wireless communication systems, including antennas and protocols, to ensure secure, real-time data transmission that supports timely analysis and clinical decision-making.
Expertise across sensing modalities
Our expertise spans multiple sensing technologies, including electrochemical, optical, electrical, fluorescence, spectroscopic and ultrasound modalities. Supported by in-house electrochemical test systems for controlled, high-throughput experimentation, we optimise sensor performance to deliver accurate, selective detection of biochemical markers even within challenging power and system constraints.
Human factors and usability
Even the greatest technologies need to be intuitive, simple to use, and integrate well into daily life to be widely adopted. We prioritise human factors engineering, studying how the target audience use the technology, in developing system designs. This ensures our biosensor devices are user-friendly and intuitive, and focus on enhancing user experience, influencing behaviours, reducing errors, and increasing adherence.
Regulatory expertise in medical device development
We have helped hundreds of clients prepare design history files for regulatory submission. Our ISO13485:2015 quality system is audited by BSI every year and several times again by quality auditors from multinational pharma and medical device companies. We speak the language of regulatory and quality teams alongside our deep technical expertise and can help clients bridge the gap between engineering and submission.
ISO13485 batch manufacturing
Contract manufacturing organisations prioritise long-term, high-volume contracts and often lack the flexibility to support smaller orders. Recognising the challenges in securing low-volume manufacturing for clinical studies, we established a certified manufacturing facility to support our clients and bridge the gap between R&D and full-scale manufacturing. Our bespoke facility provides agile, small-scale manufacturing solutions ensuring are liable supply of devices for clinical trials.
Opportunity discovery to manufacture
We can support the medical device development process from initial opportunity discovery through to scaled manufacture, and everything in between. We can deliver full design history files to support regulatory submissions and guide our clients through this process, and work closely with test houses and notified bodies to achieve the correct certifications.
Sensor technology design and development
We specialise in the innovative design and development of cutting-edge biosensors across a broad range of measurement modalities, from first principles modelling and proof-of-concept development, all the way through to design for manufacture and volume scale-up. With a focus on achieving the right sensitivity, accuracy, reliability, to integrate well into a device or system with great usability that enables the early detection of vital biomarkers to deliver better patient outcomes.
Wearable and implantable form factors
With expertise in both on-body wearable and long-term implantable device form factors, we understand the challenges around comfort, biocompatibility, durability, power management and wireless connectivity. By addressing these considerations early, we develop solutions that integrate seamlessly into clinical and everyday environments, enabling continuous monitoring and delivering meaningful health insights for patients and clinicians.
Electronics and communications
Designing electronics for wearable and implantable devices requires balancing measurement accuracy, power consumption, device size and operational lifetime. We develop compact, reliable electronics alongside custom wired and wireless communication systems, including antennas and protocols, to ensure secure, real-time data transmission that supports timely analysis and clinical decision-making.
Expertise across sensing modalities
Our expertise spans multiple sensing technologies, including electrochemical, optical, electrical, fluorescence, spectroscopic and ultrasound modalities. Supported by in-house electrochemical test systems for controlled, high-throughput experimentation, we optimise sensor performance to deliver accurate, selective detection of biochemical markers even within challenging power and system constraints.
Human factors and usability
Even the greatest technologies need to be intuitive, simple to use, and integrate well into daily life to be widely adopted. We prioritise human factors engineering, studying how the target audience use the technology, in developing system designs. This ensures our biosensor devices are user-friendly and intuitive, and focus on enhancing user experience, influencing behaviours, reducing errors, and increasing adherence.
Regulatory expertise in medical device development
We have helped hundreds of clients prepare design history files for regulatory submission. Our ISO13485:2015 quality system is audited by BSI every year and several times again by quality auditors from multinational pharma and medical device companies. We speak the language of regulatory and quality teams alongside our deep technical expertise and can help clients bridge the gap between engineering and submission.
ISO13485 batch manufacturing
Contract manufacturing organisations prioritise long-term, high-volume contracts and often lack the flexibility to support smaller orders. Recognising the challenges in securing low-volume manufacturing for clinical studies, we established a certified manufacturing facility to support our clients and bridge the gap between R&D and full-scale manufacturing. Our bespoke facility provides agile, small-scale manufacturing solutions ensuring are liable supply of devices for clinical trials.
Speak to one of our experts
James Gooch
James is Head of Business Development for TTP’s Biosensing team. A biochemist with a PhD from King’s College London, he has developed biosensors for health, forensics, and national security applications. At TTP, James aligns clients’ market and technology needs with our expertise in wearable sensors and smart implants, then works with our consultants to design development programs that deliver tangible commercial impact.
Farah Alimagham
Farah has a background in Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Engineering and a PhD in Mid-Infrared Sensor Technologies from the University of Cambridge. She has 7+ years’ experience in developing a wide range of sensors, including optical and chemical, from early-stage conceptualisation to in-patient clinical studies. Within TTP, Farah has been involved in a variety projects, applying her knowledge to materials science, spectroscopy, continuous monitoring and microfabrication techniques.
Chris Dawson
Chris Dawson leads the Biosensing team at TTP, bringing deep experience in taking technologies from proof of concept through to scaled production. Holding a PhD in engineering from Brunel University, he collaborates with ambitious clients to develop and commercialise innovative sensing technologies across a wide range of real-time clinical sensing applications, including continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).
Qing Liu
Qing holds a PhD in Smart Antenna Design from the University of Birmingham and has over nine years of industry experience in antenna and RF front-end system design. Specialising in electromagnetic simulation and development, she works on implantable NFC and Bluetooth antennas for wearable and implantable medical devices at TTP. Her expertise enables real-time healthcare solutions, advancing patient care through innovative designs in wireless communications.
Meet some of the team
James Gooch
Farah Alimagham
Chris Dawson
Qing Liu
Software capability at TTP
Engages in all stages of software and product development, our software capability at TTP covers the full spectrum–from in-depth analysis and system architecture, to prototype design, implementation and development.
Medical device manufacturing at TTP
The hardest part of manufacturing isn’t volume, but the transition from design into regulated production. TTP bridges that gap by helping you develop the device and the manufacturing process in parallel, supporting agile clinical and early production builds. With no minimum volumes, no CMO lock-in, and no process IP constraints, you retain control of your product and supply chain.
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