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 Scottish companies in the translation of medical device concepts through to small batch commercial prototypes. Services provided by the MDMC are free of charge to Scottish Companies.
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 companies:
We are a highly experienced inter-disciplinary team composed of engineers, scientists, and clinicians across the 5 universities.
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, and 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.
If you would like to get in touch or have any enquires regarding access to the MDMC services, please complete the MDMC Enquiry Form linked below and we will get back to you as soon as possible!