- Laboratory Services -

Expertises regarding the characteristics of use for all kind of

- medical cannulae	- micro suture needles
- acupuncture needles	- surgical blades
- lancets	- trocars
- biopsy needles	- IV-systems
- all piercing and cutting

• penetration respectively cutting properties by using skin
  substitutes and if needed natural materials
• surface treatment
• geometry
• manufacturing quality
• coring (fragmentation) tendency
• bending and kinking tests
• special tests according to the use and requirements

Functional Tests of Medical Disposable Products
- piercable rubber closures (cap), plugs, membranes

• penetration properties by using standard cutting tools
  and/or the original nozzle/needle
• selfclosing and sealing characteristics (leak testing)
• fragmentation tendency
• standing cycles (duration)

Assistance on Product and Method Development
- load measuring in general for

• material selection e.g. membrane/nozzle, coating/plunger, glue
• cannula design according to the use
• catheter tip, e.g. penetration characteristics
• seal strength and pull-off tests
• testing and layout of functional parts, e.g. spring
  characteristics of automatical injection systems,
  actuation forces, release forces
• layout of load controlled assembling and testing tools

melab GmbH  -  Mollenbachstrasse 19  -  DE - 71229 Leonberg (Germany) Tel.: +49 (0) 71 52 - 94 93 13  -  Fax.: +49 (0) 71 52 - 94 93 14  -  info@melab.de