Healthcare Sector Services
Lucideon is a world-leading materials development and technology commercialisation organisation, providing expert consultancy, technology development, and testing services for manufacturing and research & development support.
Our healthcare expertise is focused on the orthopaedics, consumer products, pharmaceutical, dental, wound & tissue repair, and vascular / cardiovascular sectors.
Our consultative approach helps to free up your internal resources and speed up development times, and brings our expertise into the heart of your team. We optimise processes and products, advising on materials selection, manufacturing methods, quality control and more. We consider the context of every requirement as a part of your wider operations and company goals to ensure that our solutions are right for your purpose.
Using our in-house technology development team, we produce technologies that tackle the issues faced by healthcare manufacturers. Using these technologies, we work with clients to develop market-disrupting products, giving them the competitive advantage. Our current technologies that are being employed in the healthcare sector are Inorganic Controlled Release Technology (iCRT) and Flash Sintering.
From our ISO 17025-accredited laboratories, we provide a wide range of testing including physical, chemical and microbiological testing. Our aim is to support you throughout your research and development, manufacturing and quality control processes.
We will help you innovate to develop the next market-leading products.
Testing & characterisation
» Testing & characterisation services for the healthcare sector
White Papers
In this white paper, we discuss the journey behind Lucideon's proprietary iCRT-deter technology
Nosocomial infections (hospital acquired infections) are a major but often preventable threat to patient safety
In this white paper we discuss some of the testing and validation considerations that pharmaceutical manufacturers should look at when implementing single use systems
This white paper offers additional guidance that could help support implant manufacturers in their decision-making and justifications for regulatory submissions
In this white paper we review the key tribology & testing techniques available for orthopaedic implants
The goal of this white paper is to demonstrate the risk of working with the wrong material, to highlight the upside when the right material is selected
Case Studies
Characterisation of the surface chemical composition of medical implants
A high-resolution surface topography method was utilised to measure dentine tissue loss and surface roughness
Lucideon has worked with Greatbatch Medical to help them gain FDA approval
Lucideon testing helps to optimize the coating process of powders
Surface contamination investigation
Testing and analysis provided by Lucideon