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Medical Device Technology group
IRL’s Medical Device Technology Group is focused on supporting and helping grow New Zealand’s emerging medical device industry through the development of niche quality medical devices that meet health needs and growth markets.
Our three main research areas are:
- assistive technologies – upper limb rehabilitation
- imaging and sensing – niche areas in ultrasound, optical and novel materials
- rapid diagnostics – nanopore separation, biosensing and microfluidic device fabrication and application.
In addition to the medical device industry, MDT’s technology platforms may also benefit other sectors including:
- environmental, human and animal health
- agri-technology
- food and plant production.
We work with a variety of industry and research partners in the development of new, technology-intensive products.
Our expertise
- Applied physics, engineering, and materials chemistry
- Imaging, sensing, wave propagation (acoustic, ultrasound, optical,electromagnetic), dynamics modelling (vibration)
- Ultrasound transducer design and development
- Nano- and microtechnology, microfabrication, microfluidics
- Rehabilitation and movement science, virtual reality therapies
- Computational mechanics and structural analysis
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Product assessment, failure analysis and shock and fatigue testing
Our services
- High frequency ultrasound transducer design and prototype manufacture
- Microfabrication
- Nanotechnology and microfluidic services
- Product design
- Product and materials development consultancy
- component and materials analysis
- fatigue testing
- product development and evaluation
- stress analysis
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Research for industry
Our research
- Assistive devices
- Medical diagnostics (medical imaging & sensing and rapid diagnostics)
- Future materials and structures
- Industrial imaging and sensing