We provide medical device developers and manufacturers with the advice, technical expertise, and facilities essential for companies that are seeking to translate medical device concepts to commercial products. Our mission is to provide expert advice on manufacturing, engineering, regulatory issues and funding, coupled with technically supported access to manufacturing facilities. We aim to assist small and medium sized companies in the translation of medical device concepts through to small batch commercial prototypes. Services provided by the MDMC are free of charge to SMEs, with priority to Scottish SMEs at all times.
We have wide ranging manufacturing expertise and facilities, including:
The MDMC business development strategy:
The MDMC can offer engineering expertise which includes:
We will offer the following help to SMEs:
We are a highly experienced inter-disciplinary team composed of engineers, scientists and clinicians across the 4 universities.
As Director, I am responsible for leadership and strategic direction of MDMC across the 4 university partners, and provide particular expertise on laser-based manufacturing processes.
As manager I supervise the Technology Specialists and am responsible for ensuring sustainability beyond the ERDF funding duration. I also provide particular expertise on 3D multi-material manufacturing.
I am an innovation specialist, with extensive experience of developing and managing productive academia-industry collaborations. As MDMC Business Development Executive, I am responsible for network building and engaging SMEs to work with the Centre.
As a Technology Specialist, I take on technical responsibility for the success of client applications. I am the technical expert on laser-based manufacturing, liaising between SMEs and MDMC and providing solutions to ongoing and strategic enquiries.
As a Technology Specialist, I partake in client interactions by providing technical expertise on prototyping, additive and subtractive manufacturing, imaging, and analysis, promoting solutions that successfully meet client needs.
I am a technology specialist experienced in medical device research and development. Using the facilities at the MDMC, my role is to provide SMEs expertise and support as they develop and manufacture their medical devices.
My role in the MDMC consists of assisting SMEs with their technology development and manufacturing needs. My expertise resides in Electrical and Electronics Engineering within an applied framework of design and development.
I provide a clinical perspective on the new and improved medical devices being developed by businesses. Specialising in geriatric medicine, I am interested in all the syndromes of ageing, particularly in the detection, prevention and management of dementia and delirium.
I am a registered nurse with med-tech, clinical trials, and preclinical testing experience, including developing Thiel embalmed cadavers for preclinical research and training. I am driving the Tayside Innovation MedTech Ecosystem (TIME), introducing new healthcare technologies.
As a Professor of Student Learning (Nurse Education), I provide a nursing practitioner viewpoint on development and adoption of new medical devices. My personal research interests and activities include cancer care and survivorship, pain management, and clinical decision making.
My role in MDMC is to provide a link with opportunities and equipment to the highly active medical devices community at the University of Glasgow. My own manufacturing specialism is in mesoscale fabrication, with microultrasound devices as a specific target.
To my role in MDMC’s Management Board, I bring expertise in the manufacture, performance testing and biocompatibility assessment of biomaterials, particularly in relation to diagnostic technologies and engineering biology.
I lead the research group on Sensors and Instrumentation at the School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, providing particular expertise on manufacturing of biosensors and related instrumentation.
I bring general materials engineering and manufacturing expertise to the project, particularly in the area of medical device design and manufacture.
I am a professor of Physics at Heriot-Watt, where I lead research on the applications of photonics in areas including medicine, laser manufacturing and astronomy.
I provide expertise in high volume and sustainable manufacturing of microfluidic devices, and in microfluidic-based clinical sample preparation.
I provide particular expertise on the application of high power lasers in medicine with a focus on novel surgical techniques and devices.
I am a biomedical engineer with expertise in microscale medical devices from concept to clinical development, both in academia and industry.
Grahame Cumming (Chair) – Strategic Programme Manager NHS Lothian
Gary Aitchison – Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
Gary Beale – Emblation
Sally Bowie – Albany Business Consultant
Clive Buckberry – Quanta Dialysis
Dan Clarke – Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Nottingham
Edward Clifton – NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Eddie Clutton – University of Edinburgh Professor
Kev Dhaliwal – University of Edinburgh Professor
Jerry Donnan – Medical Device Company Ltd
Stuart Fancey – Scottish Funding Council
Elaine Gemmell – InnoScot Health
Roy Henderson – SP Automation and Robotics
Amir Hussain – Napier University Professor
Edwin Lindsay – Compliance Solutions Lifesciences Ltd
Graeme McLeod – Consultant Anaesthetist, NHS Tayside
Vishal Nayar – UKBIC
John Norrie – Chair of Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology Edinburgh
Malcolm Phillips – Department of Medical Physics Edinburgh
Lise Sproson – NIHR Devices for Dignity MTC
Anne Vanhoestenberghe – King’s College London Professor
Barry Warden – Wideblue
Graham Watson – Scottish Health Innovations
John Wilkinson – Medical Device Regulation
Our Technical Specialists work with SMEs on our state-of-the-art facilities to demonstrate manufacturing approaches suitable for their product concepts.
The Needham N-Lase workstation can handle laser marking of various solid materials. It is also capable of laser engraving. With a spot size of 30 µm, the system is able to precisely mark ...
The Universal Laser Systems Laser Plotter is a free-standing machine capable of cutting, engraving and etching various materials, primarily plastics. It has a working area of 610 x 457 mm and is capable of spot ...
The Fijifilm Diamatix DMP-2850 inkjet printer prints fluidic materials such as nanoparticle-based metallic and organic inks onto a heated substrate, using a disposable piezo inkjet cartridge. It can create ...
The Neotech AMT PJ15XBT printer is a Rapid Prototyping and Product Development system for 3D Printed Electronics. Its multiple printing technologies support the widest variety of functional ...
The Ultimaker 5S filament 3D printer uses a 6 station filament reel feeder and can operate with two different print heads to 3D print multi-material parts, e.g. from PLA, Nylon, ABS, CPE, TPU, Polycarbonate & PVA.
The Envisiontec cDLM is one of the latest resin 3D printers. UV light is used to cure a liquid polymer contained in a reservoir, creating ultra-smooth models with XY resolution of 93µm in XY and 50-150µm in ...
The Photonic Professional GT2 - 3D microfabrication system is the world’s highest precision 3D printer, generating features down to 160 nm. It combines the precision of a 2-photon ...
The Boy35E Injection moulding machine provides mass manufacture of complex polymer products including high-precision and thin-walled features typical of medical ...
The Formech Compac Mini vacuum former uses heat and a vacuum to form a plastic sheet (e.g. ABS, HIPS, PETG, PVC) up to 4 mm thick into a mould. It has a 230 x 280 mm forming ...
The Sodick Sinker Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) system uses a series of electrical discharges between a machining electrode and a metal workpiece to imprint ...
The Sodick K1C small hole drilling EDM system can be used to produce deep (10’s of mm), small diameter (sub-mm) holes with good internal surface finish in materials ...
The Pocket NC is a 5 axis machine tool, suitable for precision machining of small parts with dimensions of up to about 75mm. It is most appropriate for machining of aluminium and polymers ...
The Fischione 1061 ion beam cross sectioning system is used for (i) highly controlled material removal allowing the internal structure of a part to be revealed and analysed; and (ii) to etch polish the surface of ...
The Tescan Scanning Electron Microscope with EDS (Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy) is perfect for imaging features too small to distinguish under an optical ...
The Sensofar S Neox is an optical profilometer with the capability to generate detailed, images and reports of the topography of objects to a resolution of 50 μm to 1.5 μm and to various ISO standards ...
Our low and higher magnification Leica microscopes provide highly flexible optical inspection, that can be readily tailored to the task in hand. Illumination includes on-axis, off-axis and ...
The Supreme Mocom autoclave uses saturated steam under pressure to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores. Used with the EVO sealer, items are sterilised inside a sealed sterilisation ...
The Getinge Stericool low temperature plasma steriliser is the ideal machine for sterilising devices and parts whose material properties do not allow for steam or other high temperature sterlisation ...
The Sentek Dynamics Shaker System is an air-cooled vibration testing machine that is capable of delivering vibration, drop and shock testing to small to medium sized devices up to 15 kg ...
The Binder MKF115 climate chamber, capable of creating -40 °C to +180 °C and 10% to 98% RH testing conditions, can be utilised for simulating application environments and product shelf-life analysis.
Here are what a few companies we have interacted with have to say about their experiences.
"From design, to material selection, to prototyping and iterative changes through to final output, MDMC helped us at every stage of the way. We have started a UK wide pilot with our error prevention device and we simply could not have done it without MDMC."
"The MDMC team provided a very good description of their capabilites and clearly understood our requirements. The team was very helpful with good attention to details."
"Without the MDMC and SMAS, it would have been difficult to achieve our technical milestones."
"We received excellent and timely support from MDMC."
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