Medical devices are diverse and complex.
Concept Flow provides engineering analysis to assist in identifying and understanding the key performance criteria that influence the design space for a wide range of medical devices.
Concept Flow’s science-based solutions improve understanding, reduce development time and reduce development costs.
Drug Delivery Devices
- Dry powder inhalers (DPI):
- Highly swirling turbulent air flow
- Particle transport
- Particle deposition
- Pressurise metered dose inhalers (pMDI):
- High speed compressible gas flow
- Flash vaporisation leading to droplet formation
- Droplet evaporation, break-up and coalescence
- Nasal inhalers:
- Internal liquid flow
- Spray atomisation
Surgical Devices
- Blood flow Devices:
- Non-Newtonian fluid flow
- Pulsing boundary conditions
- Shear stresses which may lead to vessel damage
- Regions of stagnant flow which may lead to clotting
- Catheters
- Laminar fluid flow
- Membrane perfusion
- Chemical reactions
Diagnostic Devices
- Lab on a chip
- Laminar fluid flow
- Capillary or pressure driven flow
- Species mixing
- Chemical reactions
