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# Failure analysis laboratory for the medical sector

## Your needs: conduct an investigation into a defect or failure affecting a medical device

First of all, what is meant by a failure? It is the deterioration of a product or material. Several reasons may lead to this deterioration, including a manufacturing problem, customer feedback, the composition of the material, etc. 

These causes can negatively affect the material or product: 

- its reliability
- its strength 
- its performance

A failure can take many forms: [part breakage](https://filab.fr/paroles-d-expert/metallurgie-fonderie-automobile/filab-etudie-les-mecanismes-de-rupture-des-pieces.md), [corrosion mechanisms](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-deposit-contamination/laboratory-expertise-and-analysis-of-corrosion.md), [adhesion defects](https://filab.fr/paroles-d-expert/metallurgie-fonderie-automobile/filab-vous-accompagne-dans-les-problematiques-d-adhesion.md), [the presence of contaminants](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-deposit-contamination.md), [material wear](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-failures/laboratory-analysis-wear.md), [premature ageing](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-material-testing/filab-accelerated-ageing-test-laboratory.md)… These various situations create a need among manufacturers in the medical sector, and more specifically medical device manufacturers, for [expert analysis of the root cause of the failure,](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-failures.md) followed by research into solutions.

## Our solutions: supporting medical-sector manufacturers in analysing and improving their medical devices

An independent laboratory based in Dijon and housing a 5,200 m² analytical facility, FILAB has extensive experience supporting projects for the medical industry, particularly medical devices.

FILAB offers analysis, expert investigation and R&D consulting services dedicated to the medical industry for the following applications: 

Study of the [fracture surface](https://filab.fr/paroles-d-expert/metallurgie-fonderie-automobile/filab-etudie-les-mecanismes-de-rupture-des-pieces.md) of metal implants

Study of morphological failures (porosity, roughness, etc.)

[Measurement of galvanising layer thicknesses](https://filab.fr/paroles-d-expert/metallurgie-fonderie-automobile/filab-accompagne-industriels-galvanisation-chaud.md) and surface treatments

Characterisation of surface defects: microcracks, deposits, particles, treatment defects, etc.

Analysis of [corrosion mechanisms](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-deposit-contamination/laboratory-expertise-and-analysis-of-corrosion.md)

Extreme-surface analysis using AFM, XPS and TOF-SIMS