Development of medical devices involving:
- Computer aided design
- Computational modelling (finite element analysis, multi-physics)
- Mechanical testing
![Development of a surgical instrument for spinal surgery](/Images/Research-and-teaching/Engineering-and-Physical-Sciences/Mechanical-Engineering/research/bio-medical/surgical-instrument-for-spinal-surgery.jpg)
Development of a surgical instrument for spinal surgery
Manufacturing of alumna total disc replacement in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD)
Mechanical testing of screw fixation in synthetic bone
![BDyn](/Images/Research-and-teaching/Engineering-and-Physical-Sciences/Mechanical-Engineering/research/bio-medical/BDyn400x266.jpg)
Mechanical testing of the BDyn posterior dynamic stabilisation device
Natural and synthetic biomaterials: relationship between composition, structure, function, failure and replacement for:
- Understanding mechanical basis of injury
- Improved materials selection for implants
- Improved fixation of implants
Mechanical testing of heart tissues
Computational modelling of the mitral valve
Computational modelling of the lumbar spine
Additive Manufacture (AM) and Developmental Biology:
- Systems analysis across development biology and AM
- Development of novel design frameworks
- Increasing the patient specificity of medical devices
- Biomaterials for AM
- Expanding the functionality of AM platforms
Applications of emerging technologies in bio-medical engineering:
- Micro-engineering and nanotechnology
- Tissue engineering
Facilities
Research facilities include:
- Bio-medical Engineering laboratory with a class II containment area
- Three Bose materials testing machines
- Three single-station Bose SDWS-1 Spine Simulators
- Pulse Duplicator
- A range of additive manufacturing platforms
- A desktop 3D scanner
Spine simulator