In Vitro Testing

MERL carries out a range of in vitro testing to fulfil a variety of requirements:

Measurement of key functional properties of materials (modulus, strength/toughness, viscoelasticity/creep/stress relaxation, fatigue, sorption/diffusion etc.)


Effects of long-term ageing or sterilisation on chemical and physical properties (moisture diffusion, plasticisation, oxidation etc.)


Device specific regulatory testing


Design and development of specialist tests and test equipment