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, corrosion mechanisms, adhesion defects, the presence of contaminants, material wear, premature ageing… 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, 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 of metal implants
Study of morphological failures (porosity, roughness, etc.)
Measurement of galvanising layer thicknesses and surface treatments
Characterisation of surface defects: microcracks, deposits, particles, treatment defects, etc.
Analysis of corrosion mechanisms
Extreme-surface analysis using AFM, XPS and TOF-SIMS
