National Capability Database | Biological & Biomimetic Materials
Manufacture of Bulk and Porous microspheres
Very recent developments at Nottingham have resulted in creation of a Platform Technology for manufacture of microspheres from glass, glass-ceramic and ceramics.
... More infoDecellularisation process for human tissue
iMBE has extensive capability and know-how in a unique decellularisation process for human tissues. Supported by an intellectual property portfolio on immunocompatible biomimetic natural scaffolds, and ... More info
Development of analysis methods for decellularisation
Leeds has a unique capability in research towards clinical and commercial translation of biological scaffolds in musculoskeletal and cardiovascular applications. The expertise is in the development ... More info
Biocompatibility/immunology of prosthetic wear particles and biomaterials
Leeds has a unique capability in developing testing methods to understand the biological consequences of exposure to biomaterials for tissue replacement in the musculoskeletal system. Examples ... More info
Solid Phase orientation of biomedical or inert polymers
The Polymer IRC at Bradford has unique worldwide experimental and modelling facilities for ‘process structuring’, in this first case for deformation processing of polymers in ... More info
Micromoulding of high precision miniature products with specific surface features
A second case of our ‘Process Structuring’ is micromoulding – high speed, high precision moulding of 3-d components typically with large surface area to volume ... More info
Bioactive material development
Expertise and laboratory scale facilities for polymer and ceramic synthesis, and for the assessment of their mechanical and biological properties using in vitro assays and ... More info
Bioactive device design, development and batch manufacture
Wide range of additive manufacture, 3d printing and moulding technques to fabricate macro and micro porous bioactive structures in biopolymers (natural and synthetic), bioceramic and ... More info