During development of medical devices in a startup, as Head of Engineering, Demetri was tasked with preliminary mechanical testing of devices to validate performance. Being a novel device, no commercially available equipment is available for these tests so Demetri designed, manufactured, and implemented custom test equipment.
Shear test fixture integrated into a Instron Material Tester.
Initial pretotype of a Coefficient of Friction tester for polymers.
Cartilage Linear Wear Tester
Fixturing for cartilage samples to be tested.