Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
for Cannabis Growers
Lab-on-a-chip technology has been used reliably for over four decades to help diabetics monitor their blood glucose levels.
Now Ekidna brings lab-on-a-chip to cannabis growers and manufacturers to enable fast, accurate, and decentralized testing of cannabis samples for key potency markers: THC, THCa, CBD, and CBDa.
The Perfect CBD and THC
Potency Testing Solution
No other solution offers such an optimal combination of benefits.
| Method | SPEED | Capital cost | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekidna | 5 mins | $3k | 90-98% |
| Lab/HPLC | 1-14 days | $500k - $20M | 90-98% |
| Portable HPLC | 45 mins | $30k+ | 75-90% |
| Light Based Systems | 1-2 hours | $35k+ | 50-95% |
Use Cases
Growing cannabis crops:
- Monitor and optimize your crop growth.
- Time your harvest for maximum THC content and better prices.
- Report THC and/or CBD levels to wholesalers earlier to ensure fast sales.
- Ensure hemp crops do not contain too much THC.
Cannabis product manufacturing:
- Test batches during different process steps.
- Ensure product meets final spec early in the process¹.
Advantages for
Cannabis Growers
Fast
Within about five minutes, you can have an accurate readout on screen to help you make informed decisions about your product and your process. Accuracy details >
Highly Accurate
Ekidna is as accurate as a lab, with an error rate of +/- 1% by weight. It can currently be used for flower samples that range from 5–30% THC. Accuracy details >
Enables Decentralized Testing
If you’re a grower, you can test in the field as often as you like. If you’re a cannabis products producer, you can check every batch of product at every step of the process — no need to spend time and money sending samples to a lab. Accuracy details >
Easy to Use
Within about five minutes, you can have an accurate readout on screen to help you make informed decisions about your product and your process. Accuracy details >
Maintenance-Free
On-site labs aren’t just expensive to build, they’re expensive to staff and maintain. Ekidna is maintenance-free and will continuously deliver accurate results. Accuracy details >
A Reliable Part of
Your Supply Chain
Ekidna is manufactured almost entirely in Ontario, Canada. LD Tool and Die and Microart, our manufacturing partners, have reliably sourced all required parts and materials for both test kits and readers. Accuracy details >
Advantages for
Cannabis Growers
Fast
Within about five minutes, you can have an accurate readout on screen to help you make informed decisions about your product and your process.
Fast
Within about five minutes, you can have an accurate readout on screen to help you make informed decisions about your product and your process.
Accuracy details >
Highly Accurate
Ekidna is as accurate as a lab, with an error rate of +/- 1% by weight. It can currently be used for flower samples that range from 5–30% THC.
Highly Accurate
Ekidna is as accurate as a lab, with an error rate of +/- 1% by weight. It can currently be used for flower samples that range from 5–30% THC.
Accuracy details >
Enables Decentralized Testing
If you’re a grower, you can test in the field as often as you like. If you’re a cannabis products producer, you can check every batch of product at every step of the process — no need to spend time and money sending samples to a lab.
Enables Decentralized Testing
If you’re a grower, you can test in the field as often as you like. If you’re a cannabis products producer, you can check every batch of product at every step of the process — no need to spend time and money sending samples to a lab.
Accuracy details >
Easy to Use
No scientific expertise is needed to run a test. Anyone who can reliably follow a process can learn to do the test accurately in minutes.
Easy to Use
No scientific expertise is needed to run a test. Anyone who can reliably follow a process can learn to do the test accurately in minutes.
Accuracy details >
Maintenance-Free
On-site labs aren’t just expensive to build, they’re expensive to staff and maintain. Ekidna is maintenance-free and will continuously deliver accurate results.
Maintenance-Free
On-site labs aren’t just expensive to build, they’re expensive to staff and maintain. Ekidna is maintenance-free and will continuously deliver accurate results.
Accuracy details >
A Reliable Part of
Your Supply Chain
Ekidna is manufactured almost entirely in Ontario, Canada. LD Tool and Die and Microart, our manufacturing partners, have reliably sourced all required parts and materials for both test kits and readers.
A Reliable Part of
Your Supply Chain
Ekidna is manufactured almost entirely in Ontario, Canada. LD Tool and Die and Microart, our manufacturing partners, have reliably sourced all required parts and materials for both test kits and readers.
Accuracy details >
Easy to Use
No scientific expertise is needed to run a test. Anyone who can reliably follow a process can learn to do the test accurately in minutes.
Easy to Use
No scientific expertise is needed to run a test. Anyone who can reliably follow a process can learn to do the test accurately in minutes.
Accuracy details >
Maintenance-Free
On-site labs aren’t just expensive to build, they’re expensive to staff and maintain. Ekidna is maintenance-free and will continuously deliver accurate results.
Maintenance-Free
On-site labs aren’t just expensive to build, they’re expensive to staff and maintain. Ekidna is maintenance-free and will continuously deliver accurate results.
Accuracy details >
A Reliable Part of
Your Supply Chain
Ekidna is manufactured almost entirely in Ontario, Canada. LD Tool and Die and Microart, our manufacturing partners, have reliably sourced all required parts and materials for both test kits and readers.
A Reliable Part of
Your Supply Chain
Ekidna is manufactured almost entirely in Ontario, Canada. LD Tool and Die and Microart, our manufacturing partners, have reliably sourced all required parts and materials for both test kits and readers.
Accuracy details >
What Exactly is Ekidna?
The Ekidna test kit consists of a 2” x 2” x 5” electronic USB reader, a single-use test kit with cap, and an app that runs on any Windows computer.
The test kit cap contains a chip that uses a patented electronic sensor to provide accurate CBD and THC potency test results.
How It Works
It’s extremely easy to get accurate results every time. Here are the
steps for testing a dry flower sample:
steps for testing a dry flower sample:
01
Grind the sample
02
Weigh your sample
03
Put the sample in the test tube and cap it
04
Vortex the sample for about ten seconds
05
Click the test tube into the Ekidna reader
06
Click “Run Test” and see results in minutes
Some samples may be pre-ground, in which case you would simply weigh the sample and continue to step three.
Coming later in 2022, Ekidna will have the capability to test liquid samples. That process will be just as easy, involving
a syringe that you use to collect the sample. Once you inject the sample into the test tube, the process will be identical.
Footnotes
1. While Ekidna is highly accurate in detecting cannabinoids, it does not detect other materials, and therefore can’t be
used to verify product safety for human consumption, and it is not a replacement for Health Canada mandated tests.
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