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MERL provides materials and engineering expertise to major international health care companies helping to turn ideas into products. An interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers provides a range of services to support:

  • Research/feasibility
  • Medical materials testing
  • Product development - materials selection/design analysis
  • Performance assessment - materials/product testing
  • Qualification testing - regulatory requirements, product surveillance

Materials expertise

  • Specialists in polymers (elastomers, thermoplastics, composites, adhesives)
  • Materials selection/assessment
  • Property measurement - durability, permeability, ageing etc.

Design analysis

  • Finite element analysis
  • Material model development
  • Performance prediction
  • Life assessment

In vitro testing

  • Specialist test development
  • Specialist test equipment
  • Regulatory testing

Applications

  • Soft tissue/implants
  • Heart valves
  • Orthopaedics/prosthetics
  • Drug delivery
  • Medical devices
Simulation of tri-leaflet heart valve (AorTech Europe)
Reconstructive surgery
Drug delivery
Elbow prosthesis in vitro test
 
 

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