文摘
Four complex biotechnology products/product systems (a protein purification system, a bioreactorsystem, a surface plasmon resonance biosensor, and an enzymatic glucose analyzer) are analyzedusing conceptual design principles. A design model well-known in mechanical system design,the Hubka-Eder (HE) model, is adapted to biotechnology products that exemplify combinedtechnical systems of mechanical, electronic, and biological components, here referred to as bio-mechatronic systems. The analysis concludes that an extension of the previous HE model witha separate biological systems entity significantly contributes to facilitating the functional andsystematic analyses of bio-mechatronic systems.