August 8, 2019
Colorants are often added to the substrates and material components of medical devices with the primary intent of improving the usability of the devices. For instance, color coding can assist users in matching devices or sizes together when multiple options...
See BlogNovember 27, 2018
Medical devices marketed in the European Union are required to comply with a set of medical device directives called the “medical devices regulation” or MDR for their Conformité Européenne (CE) marking and marketing in Europe. Over the past decades, the...
See BlogJune 20, 2018
Incorporating Biocompatibility, Chemistry, and Toxicology into your Biological Risk Evaluation In the past, biocompatibility consisted of determining the contact of your medical device, looking at the Table A.1 in ISO 10993-1 and running the test prescribed. This approach put too...
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis is a popular analytical tool for material screening. The technique works because each different type of molecular bond in a molecule vibrates differently, and there is often a set of molecular vibrations that involve the...
See BlogMarch 24, 2017
During the annual Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, Michelle Lee and Audrey Turley from Nelson Laboratories were two of eleven authors awarded Best Overall Abstract for “Round Robin Study to Evaluate the Reconstructed Human Epidermis (RHE) Model...
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Starting January 03, 2020 Gibraltar Labs will officially change their name to Nelson Labs Fairfield |
