Medical engineering - product development, materials selection, design analysis, qualification testing

Medical Engineering

Main Contact - Dr. Nickie Smith

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