Contact Information: Contact Name: Nick Whitehurst E-mail: nick@figura-analytics.co.uk Website: www.figura-analytics.co.uk
Funding required: £500,000 Funding secured: £200,000
Figura Analytics use nanopore technology to screen a sample of liquid in minutes, measuring the size, concentration and shape of every particle in the sample. This enables users to monitor consistency and quality as well as spotting abnormalities quickly. Their technology has applications in industry and MedTech. The Problem Figura Analytics technology addresses many current problems in their target industries. Traditional microbiological tests take time (days in most circumstances) and have significant cost. Delays in getting results add cost and complexity to business and can kill or prolong hospitalisation in a clinical setting. Many manufacturers don’t trust micro tests due to their own poor plating processes. Traditional light scattering solutions to analyse liquids struggle with turbid samples and PCR tests take time and are very specific, with no broad screen for contaminants as part of the process. Industrial Cell Counters are limited to only measure a small size range of particle. Figura’s IP can measure an entire size range whilst looking for particles of specific shapes at the same time, solving many of the outlined problems in one simple test, in a cost- effective manner.
The Solution Using Figura Analytics unique, patented nanopore technology they are able to count the size, shape and concentration of all particles in a liquid, in minutes. They pump a liquid sample (5-100ml) through a constricted channel with an electrical current passing through it. Each particle blocks the current, and it is the recording of this change in current that allows the analysis to take place, including particle shape, which has never been achieved before. This will allow digital fingerprinting of samples to drive rapid, accurate detection of abnormalities, improving patient outcomes in healthcare and preventing microbiological spoilage in products. Figura’s Analyser can handle turbid samples (including mayonnaise), allowing rapid analysis of products that were previously not possible without extreme dilution. All of this will save their customers time and money, as well as adding a robustness to their processes. Following successful trials in industry Figura will be launching in late 2022.
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