Applied Sciences

OPD takes a scientific approach to product development, building our process around planning, conducting, and documenting rigorous testing and experimentation throughout, from pre-verification, through to validation.

Our approach ensures every concept, prototype, and product is evaluated thoroughly, giving you clear, reliable evidence of performance, safety, and readiness for progression to the next stage. 

Our facility provides a controlled white room environment designed for clean builds, delicate part assembly, and contamination-sensitive workflows.

Equipped with environmental monitoring systems and biological safety cabinets, it offers the ideal space for testing and processes that require enhanced sterility and tightly managed conditions.

Our Containment Level 2 microbiology facility provides a fully equipped, HSE-certified environment for safe handling of medium-risk biological agents.

With Class II biosafety cabinets, controlled wet lab space, and extensive experience in bacterial culture, sample processing, and microbiological analysis, we support reliable, high-quality experimental work under strict safety and compliance standards.

We provide specialised capabilities for safely procuring, preparing, and processing human blood for research applications.

Our team is experienced in spiking samples with bacteria, performing selective lysis and centrifugation-based separation, and isolating or concentrating bacterial cells using advanced methods such as membrane capture and microfluidic techniques.

This enables high-quality, reproducible sample preparation for microbiological and diagnostic development work.

We support the smooth transition from prototype to pilot-scale manufacture, delivering small batch builds within a controlled white room environment. Our team ensures clean, consistent, and repeatable processes, enabling reliable assembly as products mature toward preproduction and readiness for larger-scale transfer.

We also support transfer to your next manufacturing partner to enable your business to scale.

We operate within an accredited framework aligned to ISO 13485, ensuring rigorous quality management across all stages of development.

Our processes support consistent documentation, controlled testing methodologies, and reliable traceability – providing the assurance needed for medical-grade product development.

We offer a range of rapid prototyping capabilities – including laser cutting, flatbed plotting, and both FDM and SLA 3D printing – to quickly bring design concepts to life.

Within our own facilities, we conduct early-stage testing of our prototypes and rigs using a range of measurement tools, which we support with strong partnerships with domestic and international fabrication partners for fast, dependable production.

We design and build calibrated measurement systems integrated into bespoke rigs and jigs, supporting precise and dependable data capture throughout development and testing.

Our capability ensures accurate, repeatable measurements tailored to each project; you’ll have robust verification and data to give you confidence in the decision-making, at every stage.

We work closely with trusted external testing partners, integrating our work with them into our design and development framework.

This provides access to accredited methods, enhanced controls, and the specialised equipment required for advanced verification and validation activities. These collaborations enable robust, compliant testing pathways that support high-confidence product development, and we manage this on your behalf.

We offer broad BioScience and BioEngineering expertise spanning cellular, molecular, immunological, and biomechanical research.

Our team brings experience across human tissue processing, cell culture, molecular biology techniques, immuno-oncology assay development, EEG signal detection, and biomechanical and in vivo testing.

This multidisciplinary background enables us to support complex R&D challenges – from custom design and preclinical model work to advanced biological analysis – delivering robust scientific insight across a wide range of project needs.