We support Canadian medical device companies by creating innovative medical technologies and providing customized research and technology solutions. We help our clients develop innovations that provide rapid, sensitive, accurate and low-cost devices aimed at saving lives, reducing health care costs and stimulating economic opportunities for Canada.
Services and information
Facilities
- Materials processing and manufacturing laboratory
- Polymer lab-on-a-chip and microfluidics laboratory
- Object-oriented software platform for interactive simulation
- Simulation and interactive haptics laboratory
- Virtual reality development and testing facility
- Thermal nanoimprint lithography
- Injection moulding for medical devices
- Computer aided engineering, design and simulation software
Expertise
Technical and advisory services
- Fee-for-service testing of products and prototypes
- Device development
- Design and planning for manufacturability
Why work with us
Our scientific and technical expertise and state-of-the-art facilities help bring new technologies to the marketplace by offering customized, innovative and sustainable research and technology development to our medical device clients.
We serve a wide range of clients and collaborates with organizations from all parts of the medical sector, including:
- Small and medium sized enterprises
- Large companies, including multinationals
- Hospitals
- Medical and scientific research organizations
- Universities and colleges
- Government departments
Our experts use the latest breakthroughs in computer simulation, VR, micro-/nano-fabrication and implantable material to work with health care providers and develop the next generation of medical devices. Our collaboration with our clients and partners are adapted to their needs:
- Specialized technical services, capitalizing on our unique facilities and expertise
- Customized research services to address your specific technical challenges
- Collaborative research projects
- Multi-client initiatives
- Licensing of NRC-developed technology
Contact us
Claude Larose, Business Advisor
Email: Claude.Larose@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
LinkedIn: Claude Larose
Our experts
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Research publications
- Cybersecurity for medical devices: recommended best practices during design, development and deployment
- Extraction of nucleic acids from blood: unveiling the potential of active pneumatic pumping in centrifugal microfluidics for integration and automation of sample preparation processes
- Fractal dimension and directional analysis of elastic and collagen fiber arrangement in unsectioned arterial tissues affected by atherosclerosis and aging
- Transmission infrared spectroscopy for rapid quantification of fat, protein, and lactose concentrations in human milk
- Detection of vascular plaque from optical coherence tomography images using hidden Markov random field based segmentation