Christer Malmberg

Gradientech AB

Gradientech is a Swedish biotech and diagnostics company dedicated to support the modern microbiology lab with state-of-the-art solutions to facilitate the workflow with time-critical samples. Our product QuickMIC® is an ultra-rapid system for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) of positive blood culture samples from sepsis patients. QuickMIC® is a scalable system with each instrument module analysing one sample against multiple antibiotics, well-suited for small and larger clinical laboratories. MIC values are reported in as short as 2 hours, making it more rapid than any other diagnostic system for phenotypic AST on the market. Gradientech's technology combines microfluidics with live cell imaging to study cell responses in a linear concentration gradient. Our technology is a perfect match for many biological applications. Gradientech holds an ISO13485 certification.