NIRI translates innovative medical ideas into market-ready products by leveraging its core services in product development, market and application development, and supply chain and manufacturing support.
Our expertise spans critical medical applications such as Advanced Wound Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Ostomy Care, and Medical Devices.
NEXT GENERATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Our Key Medical Applications
At NIRI, we specialise in developing cutting-edge products and processes that address critical needs in the medical sector. Discover how to use advanced materials and technologies to transform patient care and enhance the safety and effectiveness of medical products.
Advanced Wound Care
NIRI applies its product development services to innovate novel technologies to protect the wound and enhance healing. Technologies developed have included gelling fibres and hydrogels that maintain optimal moisture levels for faster healing, smart dressings with biomarkers and embedded sensors for early infection detection, and negative pressure wound therapy systems.
Main Development Areas
- Improved Comfort and Conformability
- Moisture and Fluid Control
- Infection Prevention
- Odour Management
- Combining Functionalities
- Drug Delivery
- Utilising Smart Textiles
- Accelerated Healing
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Through its advanced product and material development and surface functionalisation expertise, NIRI innovates next generation PPE products, such as face masks, surgical gowns and smart textiles. In addition to helping supply chains deliver PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic, NIRI developed a technology that captures and immobilises bacteria and viruses on the surface of PPE to prevent transmission within medical environments.
Main Development Areas
- Comfort
- Improved Performance
- Lightweighting
- Improved Sustainability
- Infection Prevention
- Smart Technologies
Ostomy Care
With growing and ageing populations, ostomy care is a rapidly growing market with a need for new products with enhanced odour resistance, comfort, mobility, and antibacterial performance. NIRI’s expertise and prototyping facilities are designed to accelerate innovation and develop high-performance products that enhance patient well-being.
Main Development Areas
- Compact and Discreet Designs
- Filter Technology and Improved Odour Control
- Lightweighting
- Infection Prevention
- Skin-Friendly Adhesives
- Customisation
- Human-centred design
Medical Devices
Fibrous materials are often used as key components of medical devices, including filters that separate biomatter, advanced drug delivery systems utilising controlled release technologies and implantable devices designed for biocompatibility and durability. NIRI helps its customers develop scalable and commercially viable medical device products and components that save lives.
Main Development Areas
- Improving Product Performance
- Multi-Functional Devices
- Improvements to Wearable Technology
- Reducing Size of Medical Devices
- Advancing Biomaterials
- Enhanced Diagnostics
WHY CHOOSE NIRI
We’re at the Forefront of Medical Innovation
With the medical nonwovens market projected to grow significantly, driven by global demographic shifts, the prevalence of infectious diseases, and stringent healthcare regulations, NIRI is positioned at the forefront of this expanding field. NIRI is committed to advancing healthcare by integrating fibres, nonwovens and advanced materials. Our expertise in material science and engineering, combined with a deep understanding of medical needs, allows us to deliver next-generation medical products.
Contact us to explore how NIRI can help your company increase its market share and competitiveness.