diff --git a/zaaReloaded2/Models/LabItem.cs b/zaaReloaded2/Models/LabItem.cs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1f8ccde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zaaReloaded2/Models/LabItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/* LabItem.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.Models
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a single laboratory item (e.g., sodium or creatinine).
+    /// </summary>
+    public class LabItem
+    {
+        #region Properties
+
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public string Unit { get; set; }
+        public double Value { get; set; }
+        public double LowerLimit { get; set; }
+        public double UpperLimit { get; set; }
+        public string Lauris { get; set; }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates an empty LabItem object.
+        /// </summary>
+        public LabItem() { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a LabItem object from a given Lauris output.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="laurisString">Lauris output to parse.</param>
+        public LabItem(string laurisString)
+            :this()
+        {
+            Lauris = laurisString;
+            ParseLauris();
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Private methods
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses the original Lauris string contained in
+        /// <see cref="Lauris"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void ParseLauris()
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2.csproj b/zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2.csproj
index eaf20ef..036132a 100755
--- a/zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2.csproj
+++ b/zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2.csproj
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
     can be found.
   -->
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Models\LabItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs">
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
     </Compile>
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@
       <DependentUpon>ThisAddIn.Designer.xml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
     <AppDesigner Include="Properties\" />
+    <None Include="zaaReloaded2.licenseheader" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>