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Manufacturing Engineering Centre Cardiff University Queen’s Building Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0YF Tel: 029 2087 4641 Fax: 029 2087 4880 Email: manufacturing@cf.ac.uk Web: www.mec.cf.ac.uk
The award winning Manufacturing Engineering at Cardiff University has expertise in: • 3D CAD modelling of anatomical structure from CT/MRI data • Manufacturing of biomodels using rapid prototyping techniques such as SLS & SLA • Design and manufacture of personalised implants with biocompatible materials, for cranio-maxillofacial surgery such as cranioplasty and bone tumors • Production of surgical tools to meet specific surgeons’ requirements • Development of surgical training models • Generation of finite element analysis models from CT/MRI data for biochemical research.
Cardiff University Research and Commercial Division Cardiff University 7th Floor, 30-36 Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0DE Tel: 029 2087 4837 Fax: 029 2087 4189 Web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/racd
The Research and Commercial Division at Cardiff University supports research, consultancy services and technology transfer activities across all academic schools and research centres. Cardiff University spends approximately £100 million on R&D annually, of which approximately 60% is in Biomedical and related technology areas. The Division also supports an active programme of patenting and licensing technology and innovations to companies, the establishment of spin-out companies as well as extensive range of consultancy and other knowledge transfer services.
Chapman Molony Cardiff Business Technology Centre Senghenydd Rd Cathays Cardiff CF24 4AY Tel: 029 2009 9999 Fax: 029 2066 4319 Email: cardiff@chapmanmolony.com Web: www.chapmanmolony.com
Chapman Molony are Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys with offices in Cardiff and Swansea. They are able to provide advice and assistance relating to the protection, and enforcement of all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, copyright and designs. Chapman Molony’s technical expertise lies in the field of engineering, electronic and medical technology but work relating to other technical areas can also be handled. In addition to assisting clients in protecting their intellectual property, Chapman Molony offer in-house consultancy services and can undertake audits to identify protectable intellectual property, including new technology, trade marks, house-styles, brands, designs and copyright.
Cerebra 2nd Floor Offices Lyric Building King Street Carmarthen SA31 1BD Tel: 01267 244200 Fax: 01267 244201 E-mail: MikeH@cerebra.org.uk Web: www.cerebra.org.uk
Cerebra is a charity helping brain injured children. It set up its Innovation Centre in conjunction with the Swansea Metropolitan University to provide a research and design service to help children, parents and carers find specialist equipment and adaptations that are not already available to buy. The Innovation Centre is made up of a small team of young and talented engineers and designers who are able to respond to requests to adapt or design and build specialist equipment. We have expertise in the areas of electronics, design and engineering, We also work with a range of industry partners and other charities in the development of products. This means we are able to make and test products to the highest possible standards.
Wound Healing Research Unit (WHRU) CRC Cymru Upper Ground Floor School of Medicine Cardiff University Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4XN Contact: Professor KG Harding Director Tel: 029 2074 4505 Fax: 029 2074 6334 Email: admin@whru.co.uk Web: www.whru.co.uk
WHRU has three core activities: • Specialist clinical services • Research • Education and Training The research work completed at the unit includes conducting clinical trials to ICHGCP standards, biological research (with a particular emphasis on microbiology and material science), physical measurement (the interface of medicine and engineering/electronics) and health services research (including HRQoL and health economics). The unit offers an MSc in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair as well as a range of short courses. The unit collaborates with a number of other departments within the University of Wales and is part of the Cardiff Institute for Tissue Engineering and Repair. The target markets include health professionals working with non-healing acute or chronic wounds and health care companies involved in specialist wound care.
CellPath Ltd Unit 80, Mochdre Enterprise Park Newtown Powys SY16 4LE Tel: 01686 611333 Fax: 01686 622946 Email: info@cellpath.co.uk Web: www.cellpath.co.uk
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CellPath Ltd is a market leading healthcare company, which specialises in the manufacture and distribution of products for use in the cellular pathology disciplines of histology and cytology. CellPath also specialises in pharmaceutical promotion. Our in-house teams are specialists in the following areas: process development; chemistry; analytical chemistry; product development; injection moulding; novel packaging design; artwork design; contract manufacture. CellPath’s latest initiative is CellNass - an archiving service for hospitals to store specimen slides and blocks. CellNass is registered with the Human Tissue Authority for the storage of tissue.
12 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9LS Tel: 029 2031 6241 Fax: 029 2019 6813 Email: Gill.comward@velindretr.wales.nhs.uk
Web: www.wales.nhs.uk
The Clinical Research Collaboration Cymru (CRC Cymru) was developed in 2006 as part of the strategic work programme of the Wales Office of Research and Development (WORD) to provide a high-quality and competitive research infrastructure for health and social care in Wales. The aim of CRC Cymru is to improve the health of the people in Wales by increasing research activity in Wales, especially large-scale multi-centre trials, and enhance the income-generating powers of the research community from both commercial and non commercial sources.
Deloitte & Touche LLP Blenheim House, Fitzalan Court Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0TS Tel: 029 2048 1111 Fax: 029 2048 2615 Email: aldavies@deloitte.co.uk Web: www.deloitte.co.uk
Deloitte is one of the UK’s leading professional services firms in the areas of audit, tax, consulting and corporate finance. Throughout the UK, Deloitte has approximately 10,000 people across 21 offices and a sector specialist group that focuses on the Life Sciences market. We have a local team that advises on all aspects of business support including fund raising and grant and tax credit advice. For further information please contact either Alistair Davies on 029 2026 4272 or Vince Nolan on 029 2026 4274.
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