About ESS, Experimental Surgical Services at the University of Minnesota

At Experimental Surgical Services, we're experts in designing and conducting the appropriate research to determine the safety and efficacy of your device - and determine if it's ready for regulatory submission. We have 25 years experience in pre-clinical assessment for the medical industry. In fact, we're the industry leader in researching and testing cardiac devices and surgical techniques. We complete over 500 open heart procedures a year and over 1,500 procedures annually.

ESS services include:

  • Methods development/evaluation developing standard procedures for analysis of devices for the medical device industry
  • Feasibility testing
  • Independent Quality Assurance unit for all GLP studies
  • Gross necropsy and/or full histopathological analysis
  • Consulting services with regard to regulatory strategy

ESS is Directed by Richard W. Bianco who has 25 years of experience in the pre-clinical assessment of virtually every animal model. The ESS staff of in-house surgeons can develop or validate your research methods, provide consultation as necessary and offer interpretative and technical support.

   

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