晓东宜健（苏州）仪器设备有限公司

    晓东宜健（苏州）仪器设备有限公司延承了自2004年提出的建设仿生体外消化吸收系统的概念，在澳大利亚Monash大学创建的“准真实”体外人胃系统和小鼠胃系统的基础上不断改良与完善，研发出一系列多样性的仿生消化系统。

      许多食品、益生菌产品、口服医药等的研发过程里都需要有效的体外实验。通过建立和器官“高度相似”的设备，实现相应的生理机能，可以开展与医学相关的科学实验研究，协助理解消化道里的现象，从而达到体内实验难以实现的科研目标。

      我们越来越意识到食品、药品在体内的“加工”过程与在体外的生产过程同样重要，甚至更为重要。体内消化吸收的过程及效率、消化系统内部的环境特征变化、肠道菌群的数量、种类、状态等，最终与我们是“三高”或是“忽高忽低”等都有直接的联系。食品营养健康也是个化学工程问题，例如：某食品进入体内后多长时间才能被消化分解，这个过程中又有哪种元素被吸收率较大或是无法被吸收，多种元素混合后将产生什么样的化学反应是否会导致消化不良......想要得出以上结论，需要解析人体内部的“化工过程”。同时，为了减少某些动物实验，晓东宜健结合化学工程、材料工程、机电工程、食品工程、医药工程、解剖学等缔造了一个接近真实的体外消化吸收检测系统。这样的产品可以助力体内现象的观察研究、帮助相关健康产品的开发、开展产品的测试等有意义的活动。

       食品、口服药对我们的生活质量Life Quality (LQ) 有着巨大的影响。大量的前期实验是必要的。晓东宜健系列设备，在减少大量动物实验的同时，将使食品医药产业感受到“如虎添翼”。

       当然，人类提高了自身生活质量的同时，也需要关注其他物种如何更科学地被保护或者更合理地被人类“利用”。饲料业的发展同样需要优秀、真实的体外消化吸收的监测系统。晓东宜健认为牛要有针对牛的高度仿生消化系统、猪要有猪的专门系统，鱼要有鱼的系统等等，以此类推。不同物种消化系统的规模、特点不一样，同一种“小白鼠”不可能达到不同生物实验的要求。

       晓东宜健原创研发的“准器官”或“准真实”仿生体外消化系统的系列产品经过十几年的研究与磨砺，为不少科研机构、高校及企业提供了帮助。晓东宜健不会停止“开启未来”的脚步，将继续努力地、创造性地为人类生活质量工程（LQE）领域做最好的贡献。
Xiao Dong Pro-health (Suzhou) Instrumentation Co Ltd has been established based on an idea of biology-inspired chemical engineering created in 2004 at Auckland (New Zealand) and has now substantially extended the early primitive devices constructed for research at Monash University (Australia). These were considered as the Bio-mimic In Vitro Digestion-Absorption Systems. The human system and rat system, and a variety of related devices of different generations have been developed over these many years. Today, a range of modern devices are manufactured at the company. 

In the development of functional foods including probiotics containing foods, and orally delivered medicines, etc., it is advantageous to have effective in vitro systems to perform pre-clinical experiments. Through designing and constructing realistic devices, realizing the desired physiological functions, one can progress on excellent scientific studies. The technology provides a Technical Platform for fundamental studies as well as product developments. These help understanding what is going on in the digestive tracks, realizing the objectives that are extremely difficult in vivo. The company laboratory is providing a range of testing services, which help achieve research goals and product development goals. Companies in food, pharmaceutical fields and universities are our usual clients. 

How to create a relevant in vitro system that can reflect as close as possible the real situation? This has been a great challenge. The original idea here was that one could follow closely the anatomies of human and animals (geometrically, mechanically and biochemically) to make ‘organs’ of interest. Then, a range of mechanical, electrical and electronics, and computer programming aspects have to come in together to ensure the motility and functionality of the in vitro system(s) realistic.  The designs can be age-dependent like child and adult. An effective in vitro system can help reducing the number of animals slaughtered for in vivo tests. 

In addition to bio-mimic human systems, different animals due to their distinct differences in anatomies and functions in general should have their corresponding in vitro systems. These are relevant perhaps for developing animal feeds (stock foods or pet foods) etc. The company has established a general methodology to design and construct animal specific devices, chicken, pig, fish or even cow. 

Through these years of developments and hard-working, rather realistic systems are available. The company is aiming at Improving Life Quality of People through its unique technologies and its future innovations. LQ essentially. We all know IQ and EQ are important qualities of an individual. LQ, on the other hand, is valid for everybody. The company is pushing forward with even greater ideas ahead.