Cardiovascular device development

We help you navigate the complex regulatory landscape with confidence, preparing robust design history files and ensuring compliance with global standards. Our ISO 13485-certified quality system and deep technical expertise bridge the gap between engineering and regulatory submission, streamlining approval processes for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Our multidisciplinary teams combine human factors experts and engineering expertise to design devices that meet both user needs and technical requirements.

Behavioural psychologists provide unique insights, supported by our hospital-simulated and in-home testing facilities, to capture real-world use cases and refine user experiences. This approach helps avoid common user challenges, delivering devices that enhance patient outcomes.

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To accelerate the product development process, we apply our deep expertise in biomechanical and electrophysiological modelling to explore wide parameter spaces efficiently. This significantly reduces the number of experiments required to make critical design decisions, and the quantitative outputs provide valuable insights into sensitivity of the therapy to manufacturing tolerances, differences in physiology, and surgical placement.

TTP brings deep expertise across disruptive navigation technologies, including proprietary EM navigation, EIT mapping systems, and MR headsets. Leveraging our robust theoretical modelling and in-house R&D prototyping labs, we develop navigation solutions that are not only highly functional but also adaptable to evolving surgical needs, enabling rapid adoption and customisation.

For procedures like total knee arthroplasty orendoscopic navigation, knowing exactly where a tool is - and where it’s going -matters. We develop embedded sensors that help determine tool trajectory and orientation, ensuring precise and repeatable outcomes in complex surgical workflows.

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Navigating complex access routes in minimally invasive surgery is crucial to avoiding unintended damage to critical structures like nerves and major blood vessels. TTP is pioneering a range of technologies for critical structure avoidance. Our advanced, tool-tip sensing solutions provide real-time feedback in a format that is intuitive and actionable, empowering clinicians to proceed with confidence, knowing they’re working safely and accurately.

Whether locating retained surgical items or identifying unexpected anatomical features, we support novel detection capabilities through custom sensing strategies - from miniaturised optical sensors to flexible EIS-enabled microelectrodes - designed for harsh or constrained surgical environments.

Delivery of a new therapy often requires the design of custom leads and electrodes for optimal performance, safety and stability.  The interaction between the electrodes and the biological target is impacted by multiple factors including electrode material, electrode shape, and stimulation waveform. With expertise in both traditional leads and thin film electrodes, we transform core technologies into fully-developed, market-ready products.

Active implanted medical devices are not fit and forget; they need to communicate with external devices to set up therapy parameters, enable data collection, and run software updates. Many devices also contain batteries that need to be regularly recharged; this presents a particular challenge as the desire for rapid charging must be achieved within the regulatory SAR limits while minimising any interference with neural activity. We have developed a robust workflow for the design of wireless power and communications systems which don’t incorporate any proprietary IP.

Contract manufacturing organisations prioritise long-term, high-volume contracts and often lack the flexibility to support smaller orders. Recognising the challenges in securing low-volume manufacturing for clinical studies, we established a certified manufacturing facility to support our clients and bridge the gap between R&D and full-scale manufacturing. Our bespoke facility provides agile, small-scale manufacturing solutions ensuring are liable supply of devices for clinical trials.