ibidi OEM and Business Development Solutions for Custom Labware and Instruments

ibidi develops customized OEM solutions for life science partners, including microscopy-compatible labware, incubation systems, microfluidic assay formats, surface technologies, cell-based assay workflows, and licensing access to selected ibidi technologies.

With expertise in cell culture, microscopy, polymer labware development, bonding technologies, surface modifications, and manufacturing know-how, ibidi supports companies, research organizations, and technology providers from concept to application-specific product implementation.

ibidi offers flexible OEM and business development collaborations for partners who want to integrate custom labware, controlled incubation environments, microfluidic formats, or patented ibidi technologies into their own products, platforms, or workflows.

Case Studies

The following examples show different levels of OEM and business development collaboration, from stand-alone instrument solutions to semi-integrated systems and labware-based technology partnerships.

Stand-Alone Solution:
The Luxendo Gas Incubation System is an example of ibidi's stand-alone solution for a stage top incubator.

Semi-Integrated System:
ibidi developed a Gas Mixer System that works specifically with the ZEISS Axio Observer microscope.

Labware Solution:
ibidi provides the µ-Slide as a base for the LifeGel hydrogel for 3D cell culture from Real Research.

Custom OEM Technologies for Life Science Applications

OEM Instrument Solutions

ibidi provides equipment for precise control of temperature, humidity, fluidics, and gas concentration. Customized housing solutions complete the ibidi technology portfolio.

For microfluidic applications, ibidi can support controlled liquid handling, perfusion, and flow-based assay formats that integrate with microscopy-compatible cell culture workflows and customized instrument solutions.

Based on your company’s specific application requirements, ibidi can develop customized heating and gas incubation systems for your project. We develop customized hardware components and customer-specific software to support partner-specific instrument designs.

OEM Labware Solutions

ibidi provides its technological solutions to academic and industrial partners. The extensive pool of know-how from the ibidi R&D department includes custom labware design, polymer processing, surface technologies, bonding methods, and application-specific product development.

The ibidi injection molding technique enables the production of polymer components and hybrid formats with glass in various designs. Most ibidi µ-Slides are based on a standard microscope slide format of 25.5 × 75.5 mm. These parts include standard structures with typical dimensions of 100 – 1,000 µm.

Business Development Partnerships with ibidi

Our innovations are significantly driven by the application profiles and questions that come from the ibidi user community.

Business development projects at ibidi focus on transferring proven technologies into new formats, applications, or partner-specific products. Typical topics include custom labware formats, application-specific assay workflows, microfluidic solutions, incubation technologies, surface modifications, and technology integration into existing partner platforms.

We encourage users and partners to share ideas, questions, and application-specific requirements in the context of cell-based assays, cell culture, microscopy, and life science technology development. Our goal is to provide efficient, practical, and application-oriented solutions for specific customer requests.

ibidi Licensing Opportunities

ibidi holds an extensive patent portfolio of more than 30 patent families and offers licensing opportunities for selected technologies. Licensing can provide partners with access to patented ibidi technologies, product concepts, and manufacturing know-how for life science applications.

Please find a list of the ibidi patent families below.

Representative Patent Portfolio, Including Active and Expired Patents