The stringent demands of the medical sector
require a 'right first time' approach to product development.
The
PDL design and analysis methodology mitigates risk of
a safety critical part or assembly of a medical device
as the design evolves, rather than relying on pre-clinical
user trials to highlight fundamental performance issues.
Each critical sub-assembly is interrogated
within the finite element analysis (FEA) environment
to determine the optimum design and material configuration.
A fully detailed FEA report for each
design, material or loading scenario is generated automatically
and is held within the design file for subsequent device
approval purposes.
Special purpose equipment design
Having verified the mechanical performance
of a given medical device, computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
software can be used to optimise the internal geometry design
to maximise the device efficacy.
Examples of work done to date within the
medical sector include the verification of the structural
integrity of patient handling equipment, the analysis of fluid
flow in pumps, and the optimisation of chamber design in dry
powder (DPI) and metered dose (MDI) inhalers.
We act in a complementary manner to our medical
clients own engineering teams, product development organisations
and contract manufacturers to provide detailed FEA and CFD
analysis capability as and when it is needed in a cost effective
manner.
Please contact one of our engineers
to arrange a confidential exploratory meeting to discuss your
application requirements in more detail, alternatively, e-mail
your contact details to solutions@pdl-group.com
and we will contact you by return.
