Continuum Blue works in several industry sectors which include:
· Medical
o Tissue Optics (Laser, Diffusion Equation & Thermal)
o Cardiovascular implants
§ Arteriole Replacements (Grafts) & Aortic Valves
§ Stents (Design & Deployment, Fatigue & Drug Elution-DES)
§ Lead Wire Fatigue (Material & Fretting)
§ Pulsatile Blood flow
o Orthopaedic
§ Hip Implants (THR, Femoral Stems, Acetabular Cups)
§ Spinal Implants (TDR, Cages, Rods, Screws)
§ Finger implants (PIP & MCP)
§ Bone remodelling
§ Wear Testing
§ Particle Generation & Analysis (Separation & Characterization)
§ Fatigue assessment (Material & Fretting)
o Nasal Drug Delivery
o Patient Controlled Analgesics (PCA)
o Tension Pneumothorax
· Oil & Gas
o Subsea Cables & Risers
o Wirelines
· Aviation
o NAVs (Ornithopters)
o Fatigue Analysis
· Injection moulding
o Multi-Phase polymeric Injections
· Heat Treatment
o Heat Treatment of Metal Alloys
· Additive Layer Manufacturing
· Printing (Printer Heads & Rapid Printing)
· Chemical Processing